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MINIX
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MINIX is a Unix-like operating system based on a microkernel architecture, first released in 1987 and written by American-Dutch computer scientist Andrew S. Tanenbaum. It was designed as a clone of the Unix operating system and one that could run on affordable, Intel 8086-based home computers; MINIX was targeted for use in classrooms by computer science students at universities.
Key facts
- OS.name
- MINIX
- OS.logo
- Minix3 Logo.png
- OS.logo size
- 100px
- OS.screenshot
- Minix 3.3.0 login prompt 2 screenshot.png
- OS.caption
- The MINIX 3.3.0 login prompt
- OS.screenshot_alt
- The MINIX 3.3.0 login prompt
- OS.developer
- Andrew S. Tanenbaum, et al.
- OS.source model
- Open-source
- OS.kernel type
- Microkernel
- OS.userland
- BSD (NetBSD)
- OS.programmed in
- C
- OS.language
- English
- OS.family
- Unix-like
- OS.latest release version
- 3.3.0
- OS.supported platforms
- IBM PC compatibles, 68000, SPARC, Atari ST, Amiga, Macintosh, SPARCstation, Intel 386, NS32532, ARM, Inmos transputer, Intel Management Engine
- OS.latest preview version
- 3.4.0rc6
- OS.marketing target
- Teaching (v1, v2)Embedded systems (v3)
- OS.update model
- Compile from source code
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- minix3.org
- Image
- Minix 3.3.0 login prompt 2 screenshot.png
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- software version identifier
- 3.4.0rc6
- source code repository URL
- github.com/Stichting-MINIX-Research-Foundation/minix
- Commons category
- MINIX
- inception
- 1987-01-01
- native label
- MINIX
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16 sectionsContents
- Implementation
- MINIX 1.0
- MINIX 1.4
- MINIX 1.5
- MINIX 2.0
- Minix-vmd
- MINIX 3
- Relationship with Linux
- Early influence
- ''Samizdat'' claims
- Licensing
- Compared to other teaching operating systems
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
MINIX is a Unix-like operating system based on a microkernel architecture, first released in 1987 and written by American-Dutch computer scientist Andrew S. Tanenbaum. It was designed as a clone of the Unix operating system and one that could run on affordable, Intel 8086-based home computers; MINIX was targeted for use in classrooms by computer science students at universities.
Its name comes from mini-Unix. MINIX was initially proprietary source-available, but was relicensed under the BSD 3-Clause to become free and open-source in 2000. MINIX was ported to various additional platforms in the 1990s, and version 2.0 was released in 1997 and was the first to be POSIX compliant. Starting with MINIX 3, released in 2005, the primary aim of development shifted from education to the creation of a highly reliable and self-healing microkernel OS.