Hi,
Linus did use 'MINIX' too develop the
Linux kernel;
Quote:
From History;
Linus Torvalds has said that if the GNU kernel had been available at the time (1991), he would not have decided to write his own.[27]
Although not released until 1992 due to legal complications, development of 386BSD, from which NetBSD, OpenBSD and FreeBSD descended, predated that of Linux. Linus Torvalds has said that if 386BSD had been available at the time, he probably would not have created Linux.[28]
MINIX, initially released in 1987, is an inexpensive minimal Unix-like operating system, designed for education in computer science, written by Andrew S. Tanenbaum. Starting with version 3 in 2005, MINIX became free and was redesigned for use in embedded systems.
Creation
In 1991, while attending the University of Helsinki, Torvalds became curious about operating systems[29] and frustrated by the licensing of MINIX, which limited it to educational use only. He began to work on his own operating system kernel, which eventually became the Linux kernel.
Torvalds began the development of the Linux kernel on MINIX and applications written for MINIX were also used on Linux. Later, Linux matured and further Linux kernel development took place on Linux systems.[30] GNU applications also replaced all MINIX components, because it was advantageous to use the freely available code from the GNU Project with the fledgling operating system; code licensed under the GNU GPL can be reused in other projects as long as they also are released under the same or a compatible license. Torvalds initiated a switch from his original license, which prohibited commercial redistribution, to the GNU GPL.[31] Developers worked to integrate GNU components with the Linux kernel, making a fully functional and free operating system.[26]
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Linus did use MINIX for development of the Linux Kernel but no trace of any code from MINIX is in Linux. Driving force for Linus was the MINIX License restrictions so he wrote his own kernel.
His personality has caused some issues in development worldwide but he is at least consistent in the manner of controlling the kernel development. Fortunately, we have a choice in which Distribution and if we do not like the current kernel we can use another by configuring then compiling our own. We can trim if desired, no real advantage other than space.
I originated this thread to provide some insight and to reveal what has been done as far as rumor mills and others that have tried to discredit Linus.
