linux-kernel - Re: Linux Kernel Story

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Date:	Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:24:46 -0700
From:	"Ruben Junkie" <rupertjunkie@...il.com>
To:	"Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>
Cc:	"Vijayakumar Subburaj" <vijayakumar.subburaj@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux Kernel Story

On 7/12/07, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 06:57:41PM +0530, Vijayakumar Subburaj wrote:
> > My first mail to lkml.
> >
> > I would like to know what happened to linux kernel from its 1.0.
>
> A lot.
>
> > I have gone through lkml faqs, and some of LDP documents. Thought that
> > weekly lkml summary "Kernel Traffic" (http://www.kerneltraffic.org/)
> > would be useful, but its not.
> >
> > Important linux kernel bugs, fixes that were available those bugs.
> > Why one fix got chosen over other fixes, and related tradeoffs?
> >
> > Sorry, I am too lazy to go through entire lkml, or lk usenet postings.
> >
> > Are there any documents in web? How I should proceed? where I have to
> > start with?
>
> It might be possible to get some overview as to when major things were
> added like when PCI support came, when each architecture was added, when
> USB, firewire, scsi and various other sub systems got in, when major
> replacements were done to the VM system and such.
>
> Of course I doubt anyone wants to do the work, since the most
> interesting thing is what the current kernel supports.
>
> How about asking what happened from Windows 1.0 to today.  How would you
> answer that question?  Should it also include the history of DOS from
> 1.0 to the current version of windows?  Should it also include the
> history of CP/M?
>


It didn't change.... it's crappy now ... crappy then (windows I mean :S)

> It really is a silly question to ask that is much too vague.
>
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