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It's funny to see how they highlight that it inspired Linux, ehile Tanenbaum heavily criticized it for not being a microkernel :D
by GTP 2y ago
It's funny to see how they highlight that it inspired Linux, ehile Tanenbaum heavily criticized it for not being a microkernel :D
- LeFantome 2y agoWell, it “inspired” Linux because Linus was unhappy with Minix. Linus wanted UNIX and Minix was not what he was looking for. I don’t think emulating Minix itself was ever his goal. He chose the Minix file system originally but this was just pragmatic as that is what his drive was formatted with. The earliest versions of Linux were written on Minix though. Credit where credit is due. Interestingly, Linus was unaware of BSD. He has said that, if he had known about it, he may never have written Linux to begin with.
- gpvos 2y agoWhen Linux was written BSD was still encumbered by non-BSD-licensed AT&T code. That changed a year or so later.
- GTP 2y agoIIRC the very first installations of Linix started with Minix as a base, that then was "patched" into Linux. So it was more than just the filesystem. But yes, Torvalds wasn't happy with Minix, and Tanenbaum wasn't happy with Linux.
- guiambros 2y agoThe whole flame war between the two is worth a read [1], at least for historical reasons; very different points of view. And while Linus disagreed with Tanenbaum's POV, I Tanenbaum's criticism to Linux made it actually better. [1] https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.minix/c/wlhw16QWltI#9f3c7c165aacc83f https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.minix/c/wlhw16QWltI#9f3c...
- kalleboo 2y agoMy favorite thing about that whole thread is the unanimous consensus among everyone involved that we will all be running GNU/Hurd in 2 years so these stopgap OSes are just academic hobbies.
- flykespice 2y agoThey meant 2 centuries, for the while well have to deal with these stopgap academic hobbies OSes /j