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What would you like to see most in minix?

Created by Thiago Guedes on 2009-06-11 01:35:28

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From: [torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI](mailto:torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI) (Linus Benedict Torvalds)  
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix  
Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?  
Summary: small poll for my new operating system  
Message-ID: <[1991Aug25.205708.9541@klaava.Helsinki.FI](mailto:1991Aug25.205708.9541@klaava.Helsinki.FI)>  
Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT  
Organization: University of Helsinki

Hello everybody out there using minix –

I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and  
professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing  
since april, and is starting to get ready. I’d like any feedback on  
things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat  
(same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons)  
among other things).

I’ve currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work.  
This implies that I’ll get something practical within a few months, and  
I’d like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions  
are welcome, but I won’t promise I’ll implement them 🙂

Linus ([torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi](mailto:torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi))

PS. Yes – it’s free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs.  
It is NOT portable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never  
will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that’s all I have 🙁