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<P>"MkLinux is an Open Source operating system which consists of an
implementation of the Linux operating system hosted on the Mach
microkernel. We estimate that there are somewhere between 50,000 and
100,000 MkLinux users. A significant number of the installed MkLinux
systems are being used in mission-critical applications." <FONT
SIZE=-2><SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT><P>
During the early years, most MkLinux development occurred either
at Apple or at The Open Group Research Institute in Grenoble, France.
MkLinux Developer Release 1 (DR1) was released in early 1996.<P>
Later that year, DR2 was released, incorporating numerous bug fixes.
The Linux server was updated to the 2.0.x source base shortly thereafter.
At about the same time, (December, 1996) PCI machines were supported and
DR2.1 was completed and incorporated into Apple's "Reference Release".
DR2.1 was released a few months later. With the exception of shared
library support and support for 603e machines, very little changed until
the appearance of the G3 PowerMacs in late 1997. Support for these
machines trickled into the source base over the course of a few months,
and pre-DR3, as it was then known, was frozen about March of 1998. While
Apple's quality assurance people tested the disk, the world moved on
without it. As a result, a substantial number of bug fixes didn't make
it into the DR3 release.<P>
By the time DR3 was released, at least three additional PowerBook models
were partially supported (1400, 2400, and G3 series), and numerous major
causes of crashes had been eliminated. At this point, a number of
developers had made various fixes to PowerBook support, but they weren't
all in the same kernel.<P>
At that point, at the request of Gilbert Coville, I sent out a request
for patches and changes. The GENERIC kernels were born. Several developers
joined me in setting up a CVS server for sources so that developers from
around the world could easily coordinate their development efforts and
maintain a single source tree.<P>
Since the DR3 release, MkLinux has made significant advances in multiple
Ethernet support, IDE support, floppy support, and overall stability.
Literally hundreds of bug fixes and patches have been submitted in the
past few months, and MkLinux is in a stronger position than ever to grow
and improve for years to come.<P>
David A. Gatwood<BR>
External Development Coordinator<P>
<FONT SIZE=-2>(1) Gilbert Coville, Apple MkLinux Team</FONT><P>
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