Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 3rd Aug 2007 22:40 UTC, submitted by LinuxFan
Continuing their historical series looking at the early Linux kernels, KernelTrap is discussing the 0.02 and 0.03 kernels released in late 1991. Though the actual source code has been lost to time, the article offers an interesting collection of emails by Linux creator Linus Torvalds about his new operating system, 'for hackers by a hacker.' Version 0.02 was the first usable release, gaining the ability to run programs such as gcc if compiled on Minix. Version 0.03 fixed buffer-cache issues that made it possible to compile gcc from Linux. Interestingly enough, at this point Linus thought of Linux as a short-lived project saying, "wait for Hurd if you want something real. It's fun hacking it, though (but I'm biased)."
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Member since:2005-10-02
It's not dangerous to look at GPL-code. Your illogical and irrational fear (a part of your political agenda to abolish fundamental human rights) makes you look stupid.
That said, you ought to take a look at the sources for Haiku. It's a MIT-licensed kernel (NewOS-based). Ought to contain quite a bit for you.
EDIT: Doooh. I forgot to mention the Spoon microkernel. How dare I, How dare I!?! 
Edited 2007-08-04 20:51
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2007-02-22
I've actually studied very early (pre-GPL) versions of his kernel, to see what I can learn.
These article ought to get interesting once they start reviewing kernels for which actual source code is available...