Linus Torvalds announces Linux (1991)

Post by kilo_bravo_3 » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 7:14 PM UTC

mabbo wrote: post #2

> Summary: small poll for my new operating system I'm intrigued. Does the email standard actually include a 'summary' field? If so, why doesn't that still exist?

    This line should contain a brief summary of the message.  It is
    usually used as part of a follow-up to another message.  Again, it
    is very useful to the reader in determining whether to read the
    message.

Post by bsagdiyev » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 7:16 PM UTC

tmountain wrote: post #13

"BTW, I'm an abusive asshole who talks down to everybody. Anybody want to join the team?" https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/06/linix_kernel_dev_wh... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/16/torvalds_potty_mout... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/11/linus_torvalds_thre... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/04/torvalds_kernel_bug... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/04/linux_desktop_failu... https://ww…

Post by tytso » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 7:22 PM UTC

chiefalchemist wrote: post #8

I just finished reading the book "Here Comes Everybody" by Clay Shirky (circa 2008). In the book he mentions this very "announcement." What's fascinating, per the book, is Linux was one of the first significant byproducts (if you will) of (internet) connectivity and how that enabled easy group / team formation. In the case of Linux, its growth helped to further connectivity, etc. That is, in creating Linux, it helped…

Post by codeulike » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 7:22 PM UTC

Post by segmondy » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 7:24 PM UTC

myth_buster wrote: post #3

> I'm doing a (free) operating system (__just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu__) for 386(486) AT clones. [...] and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(. __just a hobby, won't be big and professional like X__ probably is how most of the startups get started.