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