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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Wow, your analysis is penetrating. Incomplete you say? Why, because it doesn't have support for every conceivable piece of hardware, such as 3D for my Viper V770 (3 years old, at least)? It couldn't be that because BSD doesn't even have support for AGP. Perhaps you are referring to one of the BSD decendants such as FreeBSD, NetBSD or OpenBSD? Oh, yes, these OS'es are quite a bit more mature as production operating systems than Minix and can therefore be considered more useful in day to day operation. However, the source code is convoluted and difficult for non-gurus to grasp as a whole - the sheer size of the code makes this true. Minix makes understanding quite attainable to even average OS enthusiasts. This makes it great for learning OS concepts. Whether it's better or not is a personal judgement. I think it's better for beginners simply because it is less complex. Advanced OS guys maybe don't need it, so perhaps a monolithic OS and millions of lines of code are better for those guys...