Re: Linux 2.0

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi)
Fri, 7 Jun 1996 14:10:56 +0300 (EET DST)


> "Ingo Molnar writes"
> |> hmpf, isnt there a FIVE YEARS BIRTHDAY this month? around June 91, Linux
> |> 0.01 was available on ftp.nic.fi for anonymous download?
> |>
>
> the linux-0.01.tar.Z in the Historic dir contains files dated up to
> Sep 17, 1991. So we all have to wait some more weeks...

Indeed.

Five years ago Linux was printing out "AAABBBBAAAAABBBBBBAAAA..." and nothing
much else. We're talking very early multi-tasking here, maybe _just_ a keyboard
driver or something like that.

Linus