Re: Dream OS = Linux

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From: Don Schmelling
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 06:03

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Steve Clawson (sclawson@sal.cs.utah.edu) wrote:
: In article <1995Aug29.155838.7685@hobbit>,
: Raymond A. Bailey <bailey9@marshall.edu> wrote:
: >..I believe the Free/NetBSD's were available before 
: >linux. There was minix too, but I'm not sure how much it cost to purchase.
: 
:      I can't believe how much of this crap is getting posted here.
: Sheesh.  Linux was out at least 6 months before I ever heard anything
: about 386BSD (at least the initial Jolitz free release).  I know this
: because I was running Linux at the time that 386BSD came out...anyone
: remember Linux releases 0.001 and 0.10 (when you still had to have
: minix to create a filesystem)?  Hell, anyone remember the minix-386 by
: Bruce Evans?
I used Minix in college.  If memory servs it ran on a 386.
There was a port of Minix for the Amiga too.

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