Linus+Torvalds+and+Linux

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Linus Benedict Torvalds is a software engineer from Finland. He is best known for initiating the development of the Linux kernel. He now acts as the projects coordinator. Unlike many [|open source] icons, Torvalds maintains a low profile and generally refuses to comment on competing software products. Torvalds generally stays out of non-kernel-related debates. Although Torvalds believes that "open source is the only right way to do software", he also has said that he uses the "best tool for the job", even if that includes [|proprietary software]. He has been criticized for his use and alleged advocacy of the proprietary [|BitKeeper] software for version control in the Linux kernel. However, Torvalds has since written a free-software replacement for BitKeeper called [|Git]. Torvalds has commented on official [|GNOME] developmental mailing lists that, in terms of [|desktop environments], he encourages users to switch to [|KDE].

code "Hello everybody out there using minix -

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).

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, and I'd like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them :-)

PS. 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 :-(."                                                        -Linus Torvalds

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Linus uploaded the first version of Linux, version 0.01 in September of 1991.