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文接上回：

By 1991, the GNU project created a lot of the tools. The much awaited Gnu C compiler was available by then, but there was still no operating system. Even MINIX had to be licensed.(Later, in April 2000, Tanenbaum released Minix under the BSD License.) Work was going the GNU kernel HURD, but that was not supposed to come out within a few years.

That was too much of a delay for Linus.

到1991年的时候，GNU项目已经创造了很多工具。 广受赞誉的GNU C编译器在当时已经面市了，不过却依然没有（开源免费的）操作系统。 即便MINIX也必须要申请注册了。（后来，在2000年四月，Tanenbaum终于通过BSD协议放出了Minix（的代码））。GNU内核HURD的开发工作仍在继续，不过在近年内并不指望完成。

这对于Linus来说，实在太慢了。

In August 25, 1991 the historic post was sent to the MINIX news group by Linus .....

1991年8月25日，Linus发给MINIX新闻组的历史性邮件（如下）：

From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: What would you like to see most in minix? 题目：你们想从MINIX中得到什么？
Summary: small poll for my new operating system 概要：对我的新操作系统的小拉票
Message-ID: <1991Aug25.205708.9541@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki 单位：赫尔辛基大学

Hello everybody out there using minix -
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, andI'd like to know what features most people would want. Any
suggestions are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them :-)
Linus (torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi)
PS. Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs.
It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never
will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's
all I have :-(.

各位用着MINIX的朋友们，大家好：

我在做一个（免费的）勇于386（486）AT clones【AT Clones怎么解释，我不大清楚，不过我猜是指当时的一种技术吧】的操作系统（仅仅是出于兴趣，不可能像GNU一样大而专业）。我从四月份就开始酝酿了，并且正在逐渐完成中。 我希望你们告诉我一些MINIX系统里你们喜欢的，或者不喜欢的地方，有鉴于我的系统从某种程度上和MINIX很相似（譬如说，文件系统的物理排列（由于实际原因））。我目前已经将BASH（1.08） 和GCC（1。40）成功移植到（我的ＯＳ上），一切似乎都正常。也就是说，几个月内我将可以搞出一点实际可行的东西，　而我希望知道大家都希望有哪些功能。欢迎给意见，不过我不保证我会把所有的意见都一一编写出来:-)
Linus （torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi)