Linked by Andy Tanenbaum on Mon 25th Sep 2006 05:41 UTC
How often have you rebooted your TV set in the past year? Probably a lot less than you have rebooted your computer. Of course there are many "reasons" for this, but increasingly, nontechnical users don't want to hear them. They just want their computer to work perfectly all the time and never crash. MINIX 3 is a project to develop an operating system as reliable as a TV set, for embedded systems and mission critical applications, but also for future $50 single-chip laptops and general desktop use. The focus is being small, simple, and reliable. Note: This is the last entry for the Alternative OS Contest.
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Member since:2006-09-25
I run http://www.minixtips.com on a minix 3 server and it runs fine. So I think as an HTTP server it makes a fine OS. I've also run it as a desktop quite a lot - uses the X windows client and wiirc as the window manager. Again, no problems for normal desktop usage.
I did have to use remote X to another machine to run programs that haven't been ported yet though. The main one being Firefox.
Edited 2006-09-25 22:41
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2005-07-07
Does anyone who has played around with Minix have any idea on its potential as a full fledged desktop or server OS? Even if it may not have the app support yet, could it?