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| Linux 0.00 | |
 Linux 0.00 doing what id does best | |
| Type: | Multitasking |
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| Creator: | Linus Torvalds |
| Architecture: | IBM 386 |
| This Version: | 2.6 (2010) |
| Date Released: | 1991 |
Linux 0.00 was the first version that simply went into protected mode, started two tasks, and switched between the two printing "AAAA" & "BBBB".
"it switched between two processes that printed AAAA... and BBBB...
respectively by using the timer-interrupt - Gods I was proud over that"
--Linus Torvalds
Getting this to run
So far the only place I've found with a binary is over at oldlinux.org. I was able to convert the boot image into something that Qemu understands and was able to run. Otherwise, it ought to run with an older version of Bochs.
