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What made the Linux kernel so good during its early years? [on hold]
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What I'm trying to find out is, what made the Linux kernel catch on during those early years (1991 - 1994-ish). I know that the open-source idealogy and Unix-base helped it, but so was Minix, 386BSD, GNU OS (Hurd), Coherent etc.
What I want to know is, architecture-wise, what was it doing that caused it to gain support (especially compared to what was available at the time)
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What I'm trying to find out is, what made the Linux kernel catch on during those early years (1991 - 1994-ish). I know that the open-source idealogy and Unix-base helped it, but so was Minix, 386BSD, GNU OS (Hurd), Coherent etc.
What I want to know is, architecture-wise, what was it doing that caused it to gain support (especially compared to what was available at the time)
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In 1991/2 Minix didn't support 80386, 386BSD didn't support DOS partitions (required whole disk), Hurd didn't exist, Coherent was commercial... as was SunOS, CTIX, Altos, etc etc etc. I picked Linux over BSD because of the disk partitioning issue (allowed me to play with Linux on the same PC as had DOS).
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What I'm trying to find out is, what made the Linux kernel catch on during those early years (1991 - 1994-ish). I know that the open-source idealogy and Unix-base helped it, but so was Minix, 386BSD, GNU OS (Hurd), Coherent etc.
What I want to know is, architecture-wise, what was it doing that caused it to gain support (especially compared to what was available at the time)
linux kernel linux-kernel x86 minix
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What I'm trying to find out is, what made the Linux kernel catch on during those early years (1991 - 1994-ish). I know that the open-source idealogy and Unix-base helped it, but so was Minix, 386BSD, GNU OS (Hurd), Coherent etc.
What I want to know is, architecture-wise, what was it doing that caused it to gain support (especially compared to what was available at the time)
linux kernel linux-kernel x86 minix
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In 1991/2 Minix didn't support 80386, 386BSD didn't support DOS partitions (required whole disk), Hurd didn't exist, Coherent was commercial... as was SunOS, CTIX, Altos, etc etc etc. I picked Linux over BSD because of the disk partitioning issue (allowed me to play with Linux on the same PC as had DOS).
– Stephen Harris
Apr 11 at 2:34
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In 1991/2 Minix didn't support 80386, 386BSD didn't support DOS partitions (required whole disk), Hurd didn't exist, Coherent was commercial... as was SunOS, CTIX, Altos, etc etc etc. I picked Linux over BSD because of the disk partitioning issue (allowed me to play with Linux on the same PC as had DOS).
– Stephen Harris
Apr 11 at 2:34
In 1991/2 Minix didn't support 80386, 386BSD didn't support DOS partitions (required whole disk), Hurd didn't exist, Coherent was commercial... as was SunOS, CTIX, Altos, etc etc etc. I picked Linux over BSD because of the disk partitioning issue (allowed me to play with Linux on the same PC as had DOS).
– Stephen Harris
Apr 11 at 2:34
In 1991/2 Minix didn't support 80386, 386BSD didn't support DOS partitions (required whole disk), Hurd didn't exist, Coherent was commercial... as was SunOS, CTIX, Altos, etc etc etc. I picked Linux over BSD because of the disk partitioning issue (allowed me to play with Linux on the same PC as had DOS).
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I'd hazard an opinion that it isn't necessarily about what is technically the best, but what has the least friction. The dot com boom and lack of funding for edus meant lot of the garage startups by necessity had to use the cheapest option out there. In my view it was a run up of bsd, hurd and linux. hurd had too much idealogy. bsd seemed slow to pick up changes. linux got picked by the right tide past 95 and rode with the dotcom boom.
The main thing this is about is traction. And making it easier for users to try new things is key to that, barring the technical nature of the use. This pattern gets repeated these days where there is a push in methods of onboarding users - application tutorials/user handholding, external workshops, etc.
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I'd hazard an opinion that it isn't necessarily about what is technically the best, but what has the least friction. The dot com boom and lack of funding for edus meant lot of the garage startups by necessity had to use the cheapest option out there. In my view it was a run up of bsd, hurd and linux. hurd had too much idealogy. bsd seemed slow to pick up changes. linux got picked by the right tide past 95 and rode with the dotcom boom.
The main thing this is about is traction. And making it easier for users to try new things is key to that, barring the technical nature of the use. This pattern gets repeated these days where there is a push in methods of onboarding users - application tutorials/user handholding, external workshops, etc.
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I'd hazard an opinion that it isn't necessarily about what is technically the best, but what has the least friction. The dot com boom and lack of funding for edus meant lot of the garage startups by necessity had to use the cheapest option out there. In my view it was a run up of bsd, hurd and linux. hurd had too much idealogy. bsd seemed slow to pick up changes. linux got picked by the right tide past 95 and rode with the dotcom boom.
The main thing this is about is traction. And making it easier for users to try new things is key to that, barring the technical nature of the use. This pattern gets repeated these days where there is a push in methods of onboarding users - application tutorials/user handholding, external workshops, etc.
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I'd hazard an opinion that it isn't necessarily about what is technically the best, but what has the least friction. The dot com boom and lack of funding for edus meant lot of the garage startups by necessity had to use the cheapest option out there. In my view it was a run up of bsd, hurd and linux. hurd had too much idealogy. bsd seemed slow to pick up changes. linux got picked by the right tide past 95 and rode with the dotcom boom.
The main thing this is about is traction. And making it easier for users to try new things is key to that, barring the technical nature of the use. This pattern gets repeated these days where there is a push in methods of onboarding users - application tutorials/user handholding, external workshops, etc.
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I'd hazard an opinion that it isn't necessarily about what is technically the best, but what has the least friction. The dot com boom and lack of funding for edus meant lot of the garage startups by necessity had to use the cheapest option out there. In my view it was a run up of bsd, hurd and linux. hurd had too much idealogy. bsd seemed slow to pick up changes. linux got picked by the right tide past 95 and rode with the dotcom boom.
The main thing this is about is traction. And making it easier for users to try new things is key to that, barring the technical nature of the use. This pattern gets repeated these days where there is a push in methods of onboarding users - application tutorials/user handholding, external workshops, etc.
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In 1991/2 Minix didn't support 80386, 386BSD didn't support DOS partitions (required whole disk), Hurd didn't exist, Coherent was commercial... as was SunOS, CTIX, Altos, etc etc etc. I picked Linux over BSD because of the disk partitioning issue (allowed me to play with Linux on the same PC as had DOS).
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Apr 11 at 2:34