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SubjectRe: The history of the Linux OS
Hi Simon.

>> What I'd like to see is some of the early releases of Linux, just
>> out of curiosity. Problem is, they all appear to be long since
>> filed in the old circular file...

> i'll see what i can dig up - anyone able to help?

I've so far had ELEVEN private emails pointing out that the majority
of the historic kernels can be found in:

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/historic

I've just had a look at the SunSite-UK mirror thereof, and note the
following kernel tarballs thereon, in various directories:

0.01

0.10
0.11
0.12

0.95
0.95a

0.96a (plus patches 2, 3 and 4)
0.96b (plus patches 1 and 2)
0.96c (plus patches 1 and 2)
0.96c+

0.97

0.99 (plus patches 1 through 9 and 11 through 13)
0.99.1 through 0.99.7
0.99.7A
0.99.8 through 0.99.11
0.99.12 (plus linux-0.99.12.small-patch)
0.99.13
0.99.15

1.0 (plus patches 1 through 9)

1.1.13
1.1.23 1.1.29
1.1.33 1.1.35
1.1.45
1.1.52 1.1.59
1.1.63 1.1.64 1.1.67
1.1.70 1.1.71 1.1.73 1.1.74 1.1.75 1.1.76
1.1.78 through 1.1.95

1.2.0 through 1.2.13

1.3.0
1.3.2 through 1.3.100

pre2.0.1 through pre2.0.14

2.0
2.0.1 through 2.0.36

2.1.0 through 2.1.24
2.1.27 through 2.1.129

Judging by that list, there's still quite a few missing versions, so
if anybody has copies of the remaining versions, I'd certainly be
interested therein...

For comparison, I've extracted the entries for a few of the major
releases thereof, dates taken from the archive contents:

17 Sep 1991 63,362 linux-0.01.tar.bz2
13 Dec 1992 850,885 linux-0.99.tar.Z <=>
13 Mar 1994 1,016,601 linux-1.0.tar.bz2
23 May 1994 1,083,514 linux-1.1.13.tar.bz2
2 Mar 1995 1,849,466 linux-1.1.95.tar.bz2
9 Jun 1996 4,718,270 linux-2.0.tar.bz2
30 Sep 1996 4,897,927 linux-2.1.0.tar.bz2
15 Nov 1998 5,913,353 linux-2.0.36.tar.bz2
19 Nov 1998 10,064,120 linux-2.1.129.tar.bz2

That's an interesting growth in file size over the last 7.2 years, and
really shows how something can change...

Best wishes from Riley.


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