Linux-2.1.45 - the Weasel is back..

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Wed, 16 Jul 1997 21:31:07 -0700 (PDT)


Thanks to popular demand (well, David is rather popular in certain
circles. Kind of.), I've made another kernel in the now-famous Greased
Weasel (tm) series. As the name implies, it's a totally new (and slightly
unsightly) dimension in speed.

Unlike the "Buggiest Kernel Ever" series and other such landmark Linux
kernels, this kernel has actually been tested by a cadre of testers, and
it is _guaranteed_ to cause no noticeable increase in cancer among
laboratory rats. That in itself should already make you feel a lot better
about it all.

If the extensive laboratory testing doesn't convince you (side note: no
animals were hurt during testing, except for one chicken that broke a leg
when it slipped in some excess grease and was promptly eaten), some of our
user comments may make a difference:

"Superb. The taste was all I had hoped for, and then some"
Mr Creosote

"I changed my mind. The answer is not 42, it's 4_5_"
A Dent

"And 'make mrproper' is instantaneous"
D Miller

"I kept feeding it floppies, and all it said was that some General was
reading my harddisk"
A Klutz

"And it _really_ moves"
G Galilei

"Fire fire fire"
B Head

Need I say more? This is the kernel you've been waiting for. It leaps tall
buildings if you throw it hard enough, and it makes diffs _really_ fast if
you have enough memory.

Linus

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