MINIX 3

What Is MINIX 3

MINIX 3 is a new open-source operating system designed to be highly reliable, flexible, and secure. It is loosely based somewhat on previous versions of MINIX, but is fundamentally different in many key ways. MINIX 1 and 2 were intended as teaching tools; MINIX 3 adds the new goal of being usable as a serious system on resource-limited and embedded computers and for applications requiring high reliability

Operating Systems: Design and Implementation 3/e

Features

• POSIX compliant
• Networking with TCP/IP
• X Window System
• Languages: cc, gcc, g++, perl, python, etc.
• Over 400 UNIX programs
• Many improvements since V2
• Full multiuser and multiprogramming
• Device drivers run as user processes
• High degree of fault tolerance
• Full C source code supplied

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Links

• MINIX 3 Wetsite
• http://docs.huihoo.com/minix3