Linked by Will Senn on Tue 8th Jun 2004 05:35 UTC
This tutorial will walk the reader through setting up Minix 2.0.4 on Windows XP via Bochs 2.1.1. These are the latest versions of Minix, Bochs and Windows XP as of May of 2004. In this era of Linux and Windows domination of the OS scene, it is important to remember that there are alternatives. Hence, this article will also serve as an introduction to one such alternative, Minix, which has a very rich heritage, indeed.
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i wouldnt call that FUD. sure, with developer interest it could have been a production os. but the thing is, AT didnt want it to be a production OS, so features have a far smaller priority then simplicity in the code.
linux on the other hand was meant to be a sort of HURD substitute, something to run GNU on until HURD was done. thats what attracted the developer interest, thats why linux grew so massively, thats why it is comming into enterprise production environment status today.
MINIX is fantastic for its intended purpose -- to teach. saying that has nothing to do with FUD.