[mdlug] 15 years ago today

[Jay Nugent]

From: Linus Torvalds <Linus.Torvalds at helsinki.fi>
Newsgroups: 
comp.os.linux.announce,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Linux 1.0---A better UNIX than Windows NT
Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Date: 14 Mar 1994 12:51:16 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki
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Approved: linux-announce at tc.cornell.edu (Lars Wirzenius)
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Summary: Linux 1.0 released
Keywords: Linux Kernel 1.0 Academy Awards
X-Moderator-Added-Keywords: universe, end of


Finally, here it is.  Almost on time (being just two years late is
peanuts in the OS industry), and better than ever:

 Linux kernel release 1.0

This release has no new major features compared to the pl15 kernels, but
contains lots and lots of bugfixes: all the major ones are gone, the
smaller ones are hidden better.  Hopefully there are no major new ones.

The Linux kernel can be found as source on most of the Linux ftp-sites
under the names

 linux-1.0.tar.gz  (full source)
 linux-1.0.patch.pl15.gz  (patch against linux-0.99pl15)
 linux-1.0.patch.alpha.gz (patch from linux-pre-1.0)

it should be available at least at the sites

 ftp.funet.fi:
  pub/OS/Linux/PEOPLE/Linus (now)
 sunsite.unc.ed:
  pub/Linux/Incoming  (now)
  pub/Linux/kernel  (soon)
 tsx-11.mit.edu:
  pub/linux/sources/system (soon)
 ftp.cs.helsinki.fi:
  pub/Software/Linux/Kernel (now)

This release finally moves Linux out of Beta status and is meant as a
base for distributions to build on.  It will neither change Linux'
status as FreeWare under the GPL, nor will it mean the end of
development on Linux.  In fact many new features where held back for
later releases so that 1.0 could become a well tested and hopefully
stable release.

The Linux kernel wouldn't be where it is today without the help of lots
of people: the kernel developers, the people who did user-level programs
making linux useful, and the brave and foolhardy people who risked their
harddisks and sanity to test it all out.  My thanks to you all.
(Editorial note: if you think this sounds too much like the Academy
Awards ceremony, just skip this: it's not getting any better.)

Thanks to people like Aaron Kushner, Danny ter Haar and the authors of
the AnwenderHandbuch (and others) who have helped me with hardware or
monetary donations (and to the Oxford Beer Trolls and others who took
care of the drinkware).  And thanks to Dirk, who helped me write this
announcement despite my lazyness ("hey, it's just another release, who
needs an announcement anyway?").

To make a long and boring story a bit shorter and boring, here is at
least a partial list of people who have been helping make Linux what it
is today.  Thanks to you all,

 Krishna Balasubramanian <balasub at cis.ohio-state.edu>
 Arindam Banerji <axb at cse.nd.edu>
 Peter Bauer <100136.3530 at compuserve.com>
 Fred Baumgarten <dc6iq at insu1.etec.uni-karlsruhe.de>
 Donald Becker <becker at super.org>
 Stephen R. van den Berg <berg at pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>
 Hennus Bergman <hennus at sky.nl.mugnet.org>
 Ross Biro <bir7 at leland.Stanford.Edu>
 Bill Bogstad <bogstad at cs.jhu.edu>
 John Boyd <boyd at cis.ohio-state.edu>
 Andries Brouwer <aeb at cwi.nl>
 Remy Card <Remy.Card at masi.ibp.fr>
 Ed Carp <ecarp at netcom.com>
 Raymond Chen <raymondc at microsoft.com>
 Alan Cox <iiitac at pyr.swan.ac.uk>
 Laurence Culhane <loz at holmes.demon.co.uk>
 Wayne Davison <davison at borland.com>
 Thomas Dunbar <tdunbar at vtaix.cc.vt.edu>
 Torsten Duwe <duwe at immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
 Drew Eckhardt <drew at cs.Colorado.EDU>
 Bjorn Ekwall <bj0rn at blox.se>
 Doug Evans <dje at cygnus.com>
 Rik Faith <faith at cs.unc.edu>
 Juergen Fischer <fischer at server.et-inf.fho-emden.de>
 Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy at sw.oz.au>
 Ralf Flaxa <rfflaxa at immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
 Nigel Gamble <nigel%gamble.uucp at gate.net>
 Philip Gladstone <philipg at onsett.com>
 Bruno Haible <haible at ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de>
 Andrew Haylett <ajh at gec-mrc.co.uk>
 Dirk Hohndel <hohndel at informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de>
 Nick Holloway <alfie at dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
 Ron Holt <ron at novell.com>
 Rob W. W. Hooft <hooft at EMBL-Heidelberg.DE>
 Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm at sunsite.unc.edu>
 Fred N. van Kempen <waltje at uwalt.nl.mugnet.org>
 Olaf Kirch <okir at monad.swb.de>
 Ian Kluft <ikluft at thunder.sbay.org>
 Rudolf Koenig <rfkoenig at immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
 Bas Laarhoven <bas at vimec.nl>
 Warner Losh <imp at boulder.parcplace.com>
 H.J. Lu <hjl at nynexst.com>
 Tuomas J. Lukka <Tuomas.Lukka at Helsinki.FI>
 Kai M"akisara <Kai.Makisara at vtt.fi>
 Pat Mackinlay <pat at it.com.au>
 John A. Martin <jmartin at csc.com>
 Bradley McLean <brad at bradpc.gaylord.com>
 Craig Metz <cmetz at tjhsst.edu>
 William (Bill) Metzenthen <billm at vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
 Rick Miller <rick at discus.mil.wi.us>
 Corey Minyard <minyard at wf-rch.cirr.com>
 Eberhard Moenkeberg <emoenke at gwdg.de>
 Ian A. Murdock <imurdock at shell.portal.com>
 Johan Myreen <jem at vipunen.hut.fi>
 Stefan Probst <snprobst at immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
 Daniel Quinlan <quinlan at bucknell.edu>
 Florian La Roche <rzsfl at rz.uni-sb.de>
 Robert Sanders <gt8134b at prism.gatech.edu>
 Peter De Schrijver <stud11 at cc4.kuleuven.ac.be>
 Darren Senn <sinster at scintilla.santa-clara.ca.us>
 Chris Smith <csmith at convex.com>
 Drew Sullivan <drew at lethe.north.net>
 Tommy Thorn <Tommy.Thorn at daimi.aau.dk>
 Jon Tombs <jon at gtex02.us.es>
 Theodore Ts'o <tytso at mit.edu>
 Simmule Turner <simmy at digex.com>
 Stephen Tweedie <sct at dcs.ed.ac.uk>
 Thomas Uhl <uhl at sun1.rz.fh-heilbronn.de>
 Juergen Weigert <jnweiger at immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
 Matt Welsh <mdw at sunsite.unc.edu>
 Marco van Wieringen <mvw at mercury.mcs.nl.mugnet.org>
 Stephen D. Williams <sdw at lig.net>
 G\"unter Windau <gunter at mbfys.kun.nl>
 Lars Wirzenius <lars.wirzenius at helsinki.fi>
 Roger E. Wolff <wolff at dutecai.et.tudelft.nl>
 Frank Xia <qx at math.columbia.edu>
 Eric Youngdale <eric at tantalus.nrl.navy.mil>
 Orest Zborowski <orestz at microsoft.com>

A more detailed list with contact and description information can be
found in the CREDITS file that accompanies the kernel sources.

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