Linux 0.02 - Revision history

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‎Announcement

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{{Infobox OS
| image = Linux 0.11 on Qemu.jpg
| caption = Linux 0.11 booted up on Qemu
| name = Linux 0.02
| creator = Linus Torvalds
| current version = 2.6 (2010)
| year introduced = 1991
| type = Multitasking
| architecture = [[IBM 386]]
}}

Unlike [[Linux 0.01]], Linux 0.02 actually runs. Sadly it seems all the source of 0.02 until 0.10 has been lost. The practice of the time was to erase all the old code on the ftp server, and upload the new code.

== Announcement ==

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From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Free minix-like kernel sources for 386-AT
Message-ID: <1991Oct5.054106.4647@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
Date: 5 Oct 91 05:41:06 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki
Do you pine for the nice days of minix-1.1, when men were men and wrote
their own device drivers? Are you without a nice project and just dying
to cut your teeth on a OS you can try to modify for your needs? Are you
finding it frustrating when everything works on minix? No more all-
nighters to get a nifty program working? Then this post might be just
for you :-)
As I mentioned a month(?) ago, I'm working on a free version of a
minix-lookalike for AT-386 computers. It has finally reached the stage
where it's even usable (though may not be depending on what you want),
and I am willing to put out the sources for wider distribution. It is
just version 0.02 (+1 (very small) patch already), but I've successfully
run bash/gcc/gnu-make/gnu-sed/compress etc under it.
Sources for this pet project of mine can be found at nic.funet.fi
(128.214.6.100) in the directory /pub/OS/Linux. The directory also
contains some README-file and a couple of binaries to work under linux
(bash, update and gcc, what more can you ask for :-). Full kernel
source is provided, as no minix code has been used. Library sources are
only partially free, so that cannot be distributed currently. The
system is able to compile "as-is" and has been known to work. Heh.
Sources to the binaries (bash and gcc) can be found at the same place in
/pub/gnu.
ALERT! WARNING! NOTE! These sources still need minix-386 to be compiled
(and gcc-1.40, possibly 1.37.1, haven't tested), and you need minix to
set it up if you want to run it, so it is not yet a standalone system
for those of you without minix. I'm working on it. You also need to be
something of a hacker to set it up (?), so for those hoping for an
alternative to minix-386, please ignore me. It is currently meant for
hackers interested in operating systems and 386's with access to minix.
The system needs an AT-compatible harddisk (IDE is fine) and EGA/VGA. If
you are still interested, please ftp the README/RELNOTES, and/or mail me
for additional info.
I can (well, almost) hear you asking yourselves "why?". Hurd will be
out in a year (or two, or next month, who knows), and I've already got
minix. This is a program for hackers by a hacker. I've enjouyed doing
it, and somebody might enjoy looking at it and even modifying it for
their own needs. It is still small enough to understand, use and
modify, and I'm looking forward to any comments you might have.
I'm also interested in hearing from anybody who has written any of the
utilities/library functions for minix. If your efforts are freely
distributable (under copyright or even public domain), I'd like to hear
from you, so I can add them to the system. I'm using Earl Chews estdio
right now (thanks for a nice and working system Earl), and similar works
will be very wellcome. Your (C)'s will of course be left intact. Drop me
a line if you are willing to let me use your code.
Linus
PS. to PHIL NELSON! I'm unable to get through to you, and keep getting
"forward error - strawberry unknown domain" or something.
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 Date: 5 Oct 91 05:41:06 GMT
 Organization: University of Helsinki
 Do you pine for the nice days of minix-1.1, when men were men and wrote
 their own device drivers? Are you without a nice project and just dying
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 nighters to get a nifty program working? Then this post might be just
 for you :-)
 As I mentioned a month(?) ago, I'm working on a free version of a
 minix-lookalike for AT-386 computers. It has finally reached the stage
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 just version 0.02 (+1 (very small) patch already), but I've successfully
 run bash/gcc/gnu-make/gnu-sed/compress etc under it.
 Sources for this pet project of mine can be found at nic.funet.fi
 (128.214.6.100) in the directory /pub/OS/Linux. The directory also
@@ Line 42: / Line 45: @@
 Sources to the binaries (bash and gcc) can be found at the same place in
 /pub/gnu.
 ALERT! WARNING! NOTE! These sources still need minix-386 to be compiled
 (and gcc-1.40, possibly 1.37.1, haven't tested), and you need minix to
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 you are still interested, please ftp the README/RELNOTES, and/or mail me
 for additional info.
 I can (well, almost) hear you asking yourselves "why?". Hurd will be
 out in a year (or two, or next month, who knows), and I've already got
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 a line if you are willing to let me use your code.
 Linus
 PS. to PHIL NELSON! I'm unable to get through to you, and keep getting
 "forward error - strawberry unknown domain" or something.
 </pre>