nixCraft 🐧Aug 25, 2023
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What would you like to see most in minix?
Linus Benedict Torvalds
8/26/91
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)
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Show threadGreenSkyOverMe (Monika)Aug 25, 2023
among other things).
I've currently ported bash(1.08) and cc(1.40), and things seem to work.
This implies that I'lI 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 ([email protected])
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),
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and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(.

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