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Linux vs BSDLinux vs BSDPosted Nov 21, 2011 14:23 UTC (Mon) by spaetz (subscriber, #32870)In reply to: Linux vs BSD by Wol Parent article: Interview with Andrew Tanenbaum (LinuxFr.org)
> Linus couldn't get a cheap Unix-like (or even just a cheap) OS for his new 386.
This motivation is far from certain. Linux started out as a terminal emulator and increasingly got extended until it was a full fledged kernel. It essentially was a research/hobby project, and it is far from certained that it wouldn't have happened if somehand had handed Linux a free Minix CD at that time.
Too much speculation :-)
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Linux vs BSD Posted Nov 22, 2011 21:25 UTC (Tue) by JanC_ (guest, #34940) [Link]
Linus was actually using Minix while developing that terminal client & later the kernel now known as Linux... (The Minix filesystem was also the first Linux filesystem, as Linus needed to be able to read files from his development system's disk.)
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