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Minix 3.2.1 Released

Posted by timothy on from the won't-be-big-and-fancy-like-gnu-linux dept.

kthreadd writes "Minix, originally designed as an example for teaching operating system theory which was both inspiration and cause for the creation of Linux has just been released as version 3.2.1. Major new features include full support for shared libraries and improved support for USB devices such as keyboards, mice and mass storage devices. The system has received many performance improvements and several userland tools have been imported from NetBSD."

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  1. Re:how does it compare to NetBSD as a teaching too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is typical of open source software. As there is no financial incentive to do things properly and no repercussions when it's not, as often as not things are just slapped together with the expectation some other programmer will come along later and clean things up. Maybe. The important thing is to get things to the point where they appear to be working, and move on to the next feature on the list to be added. This is fine for a lot of programs that will be used on an occasional basis by a few people, but for something like an OS it's a recipe for disaster.