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Summary: Linux 1.0 released
Keywords: Linux Kernel 1.0 Academy Awards
X-Moderator-Added-Keywords: universe, end of[/I]
 [I]Finally, here it is.  Almost on time (being just two years late is
peanuts in the OS industry), and better than ever:[/I]
 [I]    Linux kernel release 1.0[/I]
 [I]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.[/I]
 [I]The Linux kernel can be found as source on most of the Linux ftp-sites
under the names[/I]
 [I]    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)[/I]
 [I]it should be available at least at the sites[/I]
 [I]    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)[/I]
 [I]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.[/I]
 [I]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.)[/I]
 [I]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?").[/I]
 [I]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,[/I]
 [I]    Krishna Balasubramanian 
    Arindam Banerji 
    Peter Bauer <[email protected]>
    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 
    Gunter Windau 
    Lars Wirzenius 
    Roger E. Wolff 
    Frank Xia  
    Eric Youngdale 
    Orest Zborowski[/I]
 [I]A more detailed list with contact and description information can be
found in the CREDITS file that accompanies the kernel sources.[/I]
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