Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 1st Mar 2007 22:49 UTC, submitted by _DoubleThink_
OSNews, Generic OSes "MINIX is an operating system designed for 'resource limited' or embedded computer systems. Versions 1 and 2 were teaching operating systems upon which the famous book, Operating Systems Design and Implementation, by Andrew S Tanenbaum and Albert S Woodhull, is based and also was the inspiration for Linux. With this latest release, version 3, MINIX aims to be a complete, stable, secure desktop operating system for everyday use. Does it live up to those claims? Read on to find out."
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RE: Huh...
by smitty on Thu 1st Mar 2007 23:23 UTC in reply to "Huh..."
smitty
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While certain parts are different because of the microkernel structure, a lot of the code is very similar to what you would see in any OS, so I don't think it's fair to say you've "learned nothing" unless you really weren't trying very hard.

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