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Linux 2001 Timeline
From the people at Eklektix Inc. (ok, everyone knows them simply as LWN or Linux Weekly News) have written the Linux 2001 Timeline (you can read it all at once with this link, though it's 1MB download). Lots of funny notes from Linus, Eric Raymond, RMS, some sad moments. Who would have remembered that Linux kernel 2.4.0 went out only a year ago (Jan. 4, 2001), Eric Raymond promising SourceForge mirrors, and other tidbits -- A definite must-read.
Could have fooled me. Unless this article fell through a rip in a temporal vortex caused by excessive FFX playing, Linux kernel 2.4.0 was released less than a year ago. Do the math...
All I want for Christmas is a Slashdot editor that can handle posting an accurate, error free article synopsis and the end of duplicate articles! Aren't you guys supposed to be educated? Maybe for Christmas Slashdotters could pony up some cash to send you guys for a crash course at J-School.
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
From: billg@microsoft.com (Bill Gates)
:-)
/pub/OS/Windows. The directory also contains some README-file and a couple of binaries to work under Windows (fdisk, format and delete, what more can you ask for :-). Full kernel source is provided, as it's incomprehensible anyway. The system is able to compile "as-is" and has been known to work. Heh. Sources to the binaries (fdisk and format) can be found at the same place in /pub/ms.
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos
Subject: Free Macintosh-like kernel sources for 386-AT
Keywords: 386, preliminary version
Message-ID:
Date: 5 Oct 91 05:41:06 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.
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Do you pine for the nice days of CP/M, when men were men and wrote their own device drivers? Are you without a nice project and just dying to cut
your teeth on a OS you can try to modify for your needs, even though it'll never work? Are you finding it frustrating when everything works? No more all-nighters to get a $600 program working? Then this post might be just for you
As I mentioned a month(?) ago, I'm working on a free version of a Macintosh-lookalike for AT-386 computers. It has finally reached the stage where it's even usable (though may not be depending on what you want), and I am willing to sell it wholesale for wider distribution.
It is just version 0.02 (+1 (very small) patch already), but I've successfully run Finder etc under it.
Sources for this pet project of mine can be found at ftp.microsoft.com (207.46.133.140) in the directory
ALERT! WARNING! NOTE! These sources still need Macintosh OS to be compiled, and you need a Mac to set it up if you want to run it, so it is not yet a standalone system for those of you without Macs. I'm working on it. You also need to be something of a hacker to set it up (?), so for those hoping for an alternative to Macs, please ignore me. It is currently meant for hackers interested in operating systems and 386's with access to lots of money.
The system needs an AT-compatible harddisk (IDE is fine) and EGA/VGA. If you are still interested, please ftp the README/RELNOTES, and/or mail me for additional info.
I can (well, almost) hear you asking yourselves "why?". DaikatanaOS will be out in a year (or two, or next month, who knows), and I've already got millions. This is a program for idiots by an idiot. I've enjouyed doing it, and somebody might enjoy looking at it and even modifying it for their own needs. It is still small enough to understand, use and modify, and I'm looking forward to any comments you might have.
Bill
Because personally I'd love to wank to her
"Why did they cancel my favorite Sci-Fi show? I downloaded ALL the episodes!"
Because I do!
Love,
Drofo!
"Why did they cancel my favorite Sci-Fi show? I downloaded ALL the episodes!"
The linux boys have made a nice try, but I think they need to start over and try some more standards compliance. I mean, look at that kerberos implementation. Until they do, I'm sticking with Microsoft.
"The defense of freedom requires the advance of freedom" - George W Bush
Filthy ragheads the lot of them. Larry Wall should be executed as a terrorist.
"I'd call you an asshole, but an asshole is worth fucking once in awhile.
-- Kathy Thurber"
What a whore!
"Why did they cancel my favorite Sci-Fi show? I downloaded ALL the episodes!"