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The End Of Minix?

Posted by timothy on from the i'm-shrinking-i'm-shrinking dept.

Otter writes "Minix is best known as the Unix clone for x86 that inspired Linus Torvalds to write one himself. It's pretty much dropped off the map since. The latest patch for XFree86's xterm drops support for Minix. As the changelog notes, 'Juliusz Chroboczek noted it was removed from XFree86 server; there have been no users since 1996.'"

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  1. Re:Minix is a toy by AJWM · · Score: 3, Troll

    Nice comparison. Lego and Meccano (aka "Erector Set" in the US) are toys too, but can be darn educational and occasionally useful. And fun.

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