Linux kernel release 1.0

March 14, 1994

 

Linux 1.0---A better UNIX than Windows NT

 

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

Arindam Banerji

Peter Bauer

Fred Baumgarten

Donald Becker

Stephen R. van den Berg

Hennus Bergman

Ross Biro

Bill Bogstad

John Boyd

Andries Brouwer

Remy Card

Ed Carp

Raymond Chen

Alan Cox

Laurence Culhane

Wayne Davison

Thomas Dunbar

Torsten Duwe

Drew Eckhardt

Bjorn Ekwall

Doug Evans

Rik Faith

Juergen Fischer

Jeremy Fitzhardinge

Ralf Flaxa

Nigel Gamble

Philip Gladstone

Bruno Haible

Andrew Haylett

Dirk Hohndel

Nick Holloway

Ron Holt

Rob W. W. Hooft

Michael K. Johnson

Fred N. van Kempen

Olaf Kirch

Ian Kluft

Rudolf Koenig

Bas Laarhoven

Warner Losh

H.J. Lu

Tuomas J. Lukka

Kai M"akisara

Pat Mackinlay

John A. Martin

Bradley McLean

Craig Metz

William (Bill) Metzenthen

Rick Miller

Corey Minyard

Eberhard Moenkeberg

Ian A. Murdock

Johan Myreen

Stefan Probst

Daniel Quinlan

Florian La Roche

Robert Sanders

Peter De Schrijver

Darren Senn

Chris Smith

Drew Sullivan

Tommy Thorn

Jon Tombs

Theodore Ts'o

Simmule Turner

Stephen Tweedie

Thomas Uhl

Juergen Weigert

Matt Welsh

Marco van Wieringen

Stephen D. Williams

G\"unter Windau

Lars Wirzenius

Roger E. Wolff

Frank Xia

Eric Youngdale

Orest Zborowski

 

A more detailed list with contact and description information can be

found in the CREDITS file that accompanies the kernel sources.

Done