無(wú)處不在的Linux系統(tǒng)迎來(lái)了它的24歲生日
原創(chuàng)Linux以它的高效性和靈活性著稱(chēng),Linux模塊化的設(shè)計(jì)結(jié)構(gòu),使得它既能在價(jià)格昂貴的工作站上運(yùn)行,也能夠在廉價(jià)的PC機(jī)上實(shí)現(xiàn)全部的Unix特性,具有多任務(wù)、多用戶(hù)的能力。因此,無(wú)論是在小巧的手機(jī)還是在龐大的超級(jí)計(jì)算機(jī)中,Linux的身影可謂無(wú)處不在。
今天,無(wú)處不在的開(kāi)源操作系統(tǒng)Linux迎來(lái)了它的24歲生日。
1991年8月25日(北京時(shí)間8月26日),來(lái)自芬蘭赫爾辛基大學(xué)的Linus Torvalds在usenet的comp.os.minix新聞組中發(fā)布了Linux的***個(gè)公告,宣布了Linux的誕生。當(dāng)時(shí)Linus Torvalds年僅21歲,身份還只是一名大學(xué)生,系統(tǒng)的制作從當(dāng)年4月起就開(kāi)始了。
在該年的九月,Linux Kernel 0.01發(fā)布到了芬蘭大學(xué)和研究網(wǎng)(FUNET)上的一個(gè)FTP服務(wù)器(ftp.funet.fi)。當(dāng)時(shí)僅有10239行代碼,到了十月,又發(fā)布了0.02版本。
之前,也有人認(rèn)為L(zhǎng)inux的生日是9月17日,因?yàn)楫?dāng)天Linus才正式公布了系統(tǒng)的名字。然而,經(jīng)過(guò)后來(lái)的一番確認(rèn),目前普遍認(rèn)為應(yīng)該以L(fǎng)inux***次出現(xiàn)在郵件中的時(shí)間為準(zhǔn),而那天正是8月25日。
如下內(nèi)容是Linus Torvalds當(dāng)時(shí)寫(xiě)的郵件原文:
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From: torv...@klaava.Helsinki.FI (LinusBenedictTorvalds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject:What would you like to see most in minix?
Summary: small poll formynew operating system
Keywords:386, preferences
Message-ID:<1991Aug25.205708.9541@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
Date:2***ug9120:57:08 GMT
Organization:University of Helsinki
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Hello everybody out there using minix -
I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and
professional like gnu)for386(486) AT clones.This has been brewing
since april,andis 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 :-)
Linus(torv...@kruuna.helsinki.fi)
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 :-(.