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114 lines
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LINUX INFORMATION SHEET
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1. WHAT IS LINUX 0.11
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LINUX 0.11 is a freely distributable UNIX clone. It is almost
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fully System V compatible. LINUX has been written from scratch, and
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therefore does not contain any AT&T or MINIX code--not in the kernel,
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the compiler, the utilities, or the libraries. For this reason it can
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be made available with the complete source code via anonymous FTP.
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Sorrily, it runs only on 386/486 AT-bus-machines. EISA will probably do
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too, but you need an AT-Bus controller for your harddisk.
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Version 0.11 is still a beta release, but it provides almost full
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functionality. Various users have been able to compile bigger projects
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like bison/flex by only changing the makefile to their needs, and these
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tools are fully functional.
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2. LINUX features
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- System call compatible with V7 of the UNIX operating system
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- Full multiprogramming (multiple programs can run at once)
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- Memory paging with copy-on-write
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- Demand loading of executables
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- Page sharing of executables
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- ANSI compliant C compiler (gcc)
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- A complete set of compiler writing tools
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(bison as yacc-replacement, flex as lex replacement)
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- The gnu-born again shell (bash)
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- Micro emacs
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- most utilities you need for development
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(cat, cp, kermit, ls, make, etc.)
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- Over 200 library procedures (atoi, fork, malloc, read, stdio, etc.)
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- Currently 3 national keyboards: finnish/us/german
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- Full source code (in C) for the OS is freely distributable
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- Full source code of the tools can be gotten from many anonymous ftp sites
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(It's almost completel the GNU project)
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- Runs in protected mode on 386 and above
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- Support for extended memory up to 16M on 386 and above
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- RS-232 serial line support with terminal emulation, kermit, zmodem, etc.
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- Supports the real time clock
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3. HARDWARE REQUIRED
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- A 386 or 486 machine that is an AT-bus-machine. EISA will probably do
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too.
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- An IDE hard disk is required to use this system.
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- Both 5.25" and 3.5" diskettes are supported
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- At least 2 megabytes of RAM is required for LINUX to be operational,
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but gcc will only work from 4 MB on.
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- Any video card will do
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- Up to two serial lines are supported
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- The real time clock is supported
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4. PARTIAL LIST OF UTILITIES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE FOR LINUX 0.10
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- The MTOOLS package (reading/writing to DOS)
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- The complete GNU filetools (ls,cat,cp,mv,...)
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- The GNU C compiler with GNU assembler,linker,ar,...
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- bison
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- flex
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- rcs
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- pmake (BSD 4.2 make)
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- kermit
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- Micro emacs
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- less
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- mkfs
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- fsck
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- mount/umount
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5. LINUX BINARIES
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The LINUX binaries (including all the tools) are available at three
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anonymous FTP sites. These are:
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nic.funet.fi:/pub/OS/Linux
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tsx-11.mit.edu
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tupac-amaru.informatik.rwth-aachen.de:/pub/msdos/replace
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6. LEGAL STATUS OF LINUX
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Although LINUX is supplied with the complete source code, it is
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copyrighted software. But it is, opposite to MINIX available for free,
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provided you obey to the rules specified in the LINUX copyright.
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7. NEWS ABOUT LINUX
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Since LINUX's introduction to the public there has been a rapidly
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growing mailing list, "linux-activists@joker.cs.hut.fi". To subscribe
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to this list, mail to "linux-activists-requests@joker.cs.hut.fi". If
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the traffic in this lists increases further, there are plans to swap
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(at least partially) over to comp.os.misc, so watch out for any LINUX
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articles in this group. If you simply want to know whats the current
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state of the art, do a "finger torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi", and you'll
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get some information.
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8. FUTURE PLANS
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The major current project is bringing LINUX to a version number
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greater than 1.0. It has also to undergo some (minor) revisions to be
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compatible to the IEEE POSIX P1003.1 and P1003.2 standards. Various
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people are currently working on
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- math support/fp emulation in the kernel
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- Page swapping (since paging is alreay implemented)
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- A virtual filesystem layer
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- STREAMS
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If you want to join the developers, join the mailing list
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