The one that started it all, where Torwalds asked the people for suggestions and stuff that they’d like to see in the minix OS.

From: mailto: <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.Fi" target="_blank">torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.Fi</a> (Linus Benedict Torvalds)

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  To: Newsgroups: comp.os.inix<br /> Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?<br /> Summary: small poll for my new operating system<br /> Message-ID: <mailto: <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=1991Aug25.205708.9541@klaava.Helsinki.Fi" target="_blank">1991Aug25.205708.9541@klaava.Helsinki.Fi</a>
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  Hello everybody out there using minix — I’m doing a (free) operating<br /> system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) for 386<br /> (486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to<br /> get ready. I’d like any feedback on things people like/dislike in<br /> minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the<br /> file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things).
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  I’ve currently ported bash (1.08) and gcc (1.40), and things seem to<br /> work. This implies that I’ll get something practical within a few<br /> months, and I’d like to know what features most people would want. Any<br /> suggestions are welcome, but I won’t promise I’ll implement them :-).
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  Linus (mailto: <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=torvalds@klaava.helsinki.fi" target="_blank">torvalds@klaava.helsinki.fi</a>)
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  PS. Yes — it’s free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs.<br /> It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably<br /> never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that’s all I<br /> have :-(.
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