What would you like to see most in minix?

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“From: 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>
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 onthings 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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