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| Apr 1991 |
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| [[Linus Torvalds]], then 21, starts working on some simple ideas for an operating-system. He starts with a task-switcher in 386-assembly and a terminal-driver. |
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| [[25 August]] 1991 |
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| Linus posts to comp.os.minix: [http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug25.205708.9541%40klaava.Helsinki.FI&output=gplain]<br> |
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"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). |
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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 [...] 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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[...] It's mostly in C, but most people wouldn't call what I write C. It uses every conceivable feature of the 386 I could find, as it was also a project to teach me about the 386. As already mentioned, it uses a MMU, for both paging (not to disk yet) and segmentation. It's the segmentation that makes it REALLY 386 dependent (every task has a 64Mb segment for code & data - max 64 tasks in 4Gb. Anybody who needs more than 64Mb/task - tough cookies). [...] Some of my "C"-files (specifically mm.c) are almost as much assembler as C. [...] Unlike minix, I also happen to LIKE interrupts, so interrupts are handled without trying to hide the reason behind them" |
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| Sep 1991 |
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| Linux version 0.01 is released. |
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| 10,239 lines of code. |
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| Oct 1991 |
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| Linux version 0.02 is released. [http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Oct5.054106.4647%40klaava.Helsinki.FI&output=gplain] |
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| Dec 1991 |
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| Linux 0.11 is released. This version is the first that is self-hosted. (that is: you can compile Linux 0.11 under Linux 0.11) |
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| [[19 January]] 1992 |
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| First post to alt.os.linux newsgroup. |
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[http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=1992Jan19.085628.18752%40cseg01.uark.edu] |
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| [[31 March]] 1992 |
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| The newsgroup comp.os.linux is created. [http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1992Mar31.131811.19832%40rock.concert.net&output=gplain] |
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| Apr 1992 |
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| Linux version 0.96 is the first to be capable of running the [[X Window System]]. |
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| During the whole of 1993, and early 1994 |
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| 15 development versions 0.99.*, with 0.99.11 (July [[1993]] introducing [[BogoMips]] into the kernel |
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| [[14 March]] 1994 |
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| Linux 1.0.0 is released. |
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| 176,250 lines of code. |
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| Mar 1995 |
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| Linux 1.2.0 is released |
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| 310,950 lines of code. |
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| [[9 May]] 1996 |
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| [[Tux]] the penguin, is suggested as mascot for Linux |
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| 9 Jun 1996 |
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| Linux 2.0.0 is released. |
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| 777,956 lines of code. |
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| 25 Jan 1999 |
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| Linux 2.2.0 is released, very buggy at first. |
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| 1,800,847 lines of code. |
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| 4 Jan 2001 |
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| Linux 2.4.0 is released. |
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| 3,377,902 lines of code. |
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| 18 Dec 2003 |
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| Linux 2.6.0 is released. |
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| 5,929,913 lines of code. |
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==External links== |
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*http://web.archive.org/web/19990117070510/www.forbes.com/forbes/98/0810/6203094a.htm |
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*http://old.lwn.net/2001/features/Timeline/ |
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*http://www.nd.edu/~ljordan/linux/tuxhistory.html |
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*http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6000 |
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*https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/rhasan/linux |
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[[Category:Computing timelines|Linux]] |
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