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Correct, the first version 0.10 was released in either October or November of '91, and the first widely available version 0.12 was released in January of '92. After that it jumped to 0.95 (the first version to support logging in, the first 3 just dumped you in as root). The jump from 0.12 to 0.95 was something Linus later realized was a mistake as the kernal wasn't as far along as he realized, and resulted in some very convoluted version numbers. IIRC it finally reached 1.0 in November of '93. Since 1.0 the version numbers have made a LOT more sense :^) I'm honestly amazed that it's over six years old, it doesn't seem that long! Zane | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator | | healyzh(a)ix.netcom.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast | | healyzh(a)holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | For Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | see http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/ | | For the collecting of Classic Computers with info on them. | | see http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/museum.html |