I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I’d like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things).

I’ve currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work. This implies that I’ll get something practical within a few months, and I’d like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions are welcome, but I won’t promise I’ll implement them :)"

-- Linus

Look how much Redox has achieved in so little time and with so few people. It has everything from a kernel to a fully working desktop GUI.

All because they use a good language that allows easy code reuse and proper library packaging.

Also remember that Linux at some point was somebody's pet project.