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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. how does it compare to NetBSD as a teaching tool? by Trepidity · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Afaik, NetBSD and Minix are the two most prominent operating systems that advertise clean source code and architecture, suitable for examination by people learning OS principles, as one of their explicit design goals. NetBSD seems more popular as an actual system to use, and is clean architecture has led it to be famously ported everywhere. Does someone have experience with Minix to compare?

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  2. Embedded Market by crow · · Score: 5, Informative

    I spoke with Andy Tannenbaum when we were at the OSDI conference last October. He said that Minix has a role in the embedded market, especially in places where companies want to avoid the GPL.

    It's a large and growing market. Much as I would prefer Linux, I agree that there's plenty of room for Minix in that market.