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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.
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Part of the Computer Science Bibliography Collection of Alf-Christian Achilles.

This directory and subdirectories contain MINIX, a small Unix-like system for IBM PCs and compatibles.

Overview article on the system and its history.

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.

Major resource of information on, downloads of, and software for, Minix.

Overdressed version of Minix; source, binaries, man pages.

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

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.