25. augustil 1991. aastal Linus Torvaldsi poolt kirjutatud ridadest maililistis sai see kõik alguse:
Tsitaat:
torvalds@klaava (Linus Benedict Torvalds) writes:
I've currently ported bash(1.0 and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work.
This implies that I'll get something practical within a few months, and
I'd like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions
are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them
Tell us more! Does it need a MMU?
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 gcc(1.40), and things seem to work.
