If Torvalds can do it...

#1

Post by xyanb » Sun, May 10, 2020, 4:04 AM UTC

Re: If Torvalds can do it...

#2

Post by kinkrtyavimoodh » Sun, May 10, 2020, 6:00 AM UTC

... it gives me little to no signal whether I can do it, because Linus is a legend while I have in 35 years not shown any signs of being one.

Re: If Torvalds can do it...

#3

Post by Raed667 » Sun, May 10, 2020, 6:00 AM UTC

kudos! That "naivité" reminds me of when i stepped out of class after learning how to write an "OS" for the ATmega328 and checking out LFS (Linux From Scratch).

I thought I was a kernel developer for sure!

Re: If Torvalds can do it...

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Post by mathgladiator » Sun, May 10, 2020, 7:56 AM UTC

Neat. Good job, that was not easy for sure.

Welcome to the Builder Club of people building for the sake of building. It is great.

Re: If Torvalds can do it...

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Post by jonnypotty » Sun, May 10, 2020, 10:24 AM UTC

Love your attitude dude. You're gonna have a deeper understanding of how computers work than 99% of people on hn by the time you're done, if you don't already!

Re: If Torvalds can do it...

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Post by devnullbyte » Sun, May 10, 2020, 10:36 AM UTC

Interesting that he decided to take the approach of not copying any code, that must have been a helluva challenge with the early boot phase assembly.

Re: If Torvalds can do it...

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Post by TomMarius » Sun, May 10, 2020, 2:13 PM UTC

devnullbyte wrote: post #6

Interesting that he decided to take the approach of not copying any code, that must have been a helluva challenge with the early boot phase assembly.

There is basically no assembly wit EFI, isn't there?

Re: If Torvalds can do it...

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Post by avmich » Sun, May 10, 2020, 6:25 PM UTC

kinkrtyavimoodh wrote: post #2

... it gives me little to no signal whether I can do it, because Linus is a legend while I have in 35 years not shown any signs of being one.

When Linus was working on Minix transforming it into something different, he was not nearly as good with programming as he became later. He was pretty good, but not so good by a long shot.

You can definitely try.

Re: If Torvalds can do it...

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Post by renox » Sun, May 10, 2020, 9:12 PM UTC

avmich wrote: post #8

kinkrtyavimoodh wrote: post #2

... it gives me little to no signal whether I can do it, because Linus is a legend while I have in 35 years not shown any signs of being one.

When Linus was working on Minix transforming it into something different, he was not nearly as good with programming as he became later. He was pretty good, but not so good by a long shot. You can definitely try.

While Linus is a really good programmer, Linux is what it is only because he merged the contributions of many other good programmers.. Why did these programmers contributed to Linux? Because Linus came at the right time, with the right motivation. Even if you're a better programmer, the question is why would the other programmers contribute to your OS instead of Linux, *BSD, SeL4/Genode, Haiku?