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Subject: Re: Most requested features in MINIX...
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Date: 2 Feb 91 06:51:02 GMT
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>Just for the sake of asking the question:
>
>What kind of features would you like to see added to MINIX?
>

1. Full ANSIfication and POSIXification of the system

2. Implement all 3 dates in the filesystem

3. Multi-threaded filesystem

4. Virtual memory on machines that will handle it.

5. TCP/IP with Ethernet and SLIP interfaces (done by someone?)

6. Graphics and windows (not necessarily X windows)

7. Better floating point support

8. Better disk drivers (I'm working on this...)

9. Symbolic links? (has been done, but not standard)

10. Support for larger buffer cache on 80386 machines.  (also done?)

11. Standard and robust UUCP software.  (Coherent has this why not
	Minix.  Yes, I know it is out there.)

12. Mouse support (helps with windows)

13. DOS emulation using virtual 8086 on 386 (okay this is asking a little
	much)

14. Ports of lots of PD Unix code.  (Some stuff is only feasible after the
system is improved.  I really want to port the SC spreadsheet, but first I
want to take a look at the state of the floating point support.)

15. True DES encryption of passwords.  (a nit)

16. Better scheduling algorithms.

17. A standard debugger on Intel machines. (Boy this would be nice)

18. The ability to profile executables.

19. Complete VT-100 support in the console driver and a good terminal
program with integrated dialing and file transfer.

20. Long filenames.

21. POSIX Job Control (isn't this optional for POSIX?)

	This is a good start.  Let me know when you are finished. :-)

				Bill Bogstad