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It was a 386 that Linus Torvalds wrote the first Linux kernel on, and support for the new features of the 386 from the start was one of the reasons Linux took o
by flashback2199 3y ago
It was a 386 that Linus Torvalds wrote the first Linux kernel on, and support for the new features of the 386 from the start was one of the reasons Linux took off instantly.
- sertsa 3y agoIndeed! My first taste of Linux was Slackware on a 386
- flashback2199 3y agoMore info: "It uses every conceivable feature of the 386 I could find, as it was also a project to teach me about the 386" https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~awb/linux.history.html https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~awb/linux.history.html
- monocasa 3y agoWhich is probably one reason why he worked at Transmeta for a while.
- fennecfoxy 3y agoI'm sorry, but I had to. "Could someone please try to finger me from overseas".
- rob74 3y agoYeah, a free (as in freedom, but also as in beer) OS running on hardware that was, by then, commoditized, what's there not to like? No wonder Google and others jumped on it...
- steve1977 3y agoNot only Linux, all the current BSDs share a lot of “DNA” with 386BSD.