Directory of MINIX Resources

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MINIX is a family of Unix/POSIX compliant, small, microkernel operating systems (OSs). All versions include source code. MINIX has a strong presence in computer education. MINIX 1 originated to teach college level computer science. MINIX 1 and 2 were used only for education, and by hobbyists. MINIX 1 had a more restrictive license. MINIX 2 and 3 are free, open source, with a BSD-like license. MINIX 3 is the first version intended for more than education. It is optimized for reliability: it is flexible, secure, and self-healing, it keeps running even during software faults; almost everything, including drivers, runs in user space. Over 400 programs are ported to it.

Resources in This Category

• Andrew S. Tanenbaum

  http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/
  Professor, Free University, Amsterdam; author of MINIX Unix variant. Full source code. Free for all uses. Small size, microkernel, ample documentation. Users unfamiliar with OS internals can understand nearly the full system with a few months use and study. MINIX inspired Linus Torvalds to do Linux.

• Bibliography on Minix, a UNIX-like OS

  http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/Os/minix.html
  Part of the Computer Science Bibliography Collection of Alf-Christian Achilles.

• Brad's MacMinix Page

  http://www.pliner.com/macminix/
  MINIX that runs atop Mac OS. Benefits: while learning about operating systems, its easy to recompile and relaunch, with no rebooting; and to keep OS backups in separate files.

• MINIX

  http://www.minix3.org/
  This directory and subdirectories contain MINIX, a small Unix-like system for IBM PCs and compatibles.

• MINIX - Wikipedia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MINIX
  Overview article on the system and its history.

• Minix Network Service Documentation

  http://www.os-forum.com/minix/net/
  Line-by-line comments of source code for TCP/IP networking protocols, network service, for Minix version 2.0.4. By Christos Karayiannis, Andrew Swartzbaugh.

• Minix on the Net

  http://www.disi.unige.it/person/DoderoG/minix/minix.htm
  Documents, help files, hints, links.

• Minix-vmd

  http://www.minix-vmd.org/
  Overdressed version of Minix; source, binaries, man pages.

• MINIX.ORG

  http://www.minix.org/
  Repository for OS related: documentation, help, information, news, links, books, source code, downloads. Not the official MINIX website.

• Operating Systems Design and Implementation, 3/E

  https://www.pearsonhighered.com/program/Tanenbaum-Operating-Systems-Design-and-Implementation-3rd-Edition/PGM228096.html
  By Andrew S Tanenbaum, Albert S Woodhull; Prentice Hall, 2006, ISBN 0131429388. Revised simplified edition, for latest MINIX version. An OS text which first explains relevant principles, then demonstrate their use via Unix-like OS as a detailed example.

• The Minix Operating System

  http://minix1.woodhull.com/
  Major resource of information on, downloads of, and software for, Minix.

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