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MINIX 3

MINIX is a POSIX-compliant Unix-like operating system based on a tiny microkernel running in kernel mode with the rest of the operating system running as a number of isolated, protected, processes in user mode.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • BSD
  • Self-Hosted
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Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Educational

Features

  1.  Command line interface
  2.  Microkernel
  3.  Unix-like
  4.  Embeddable
  5.  ARM support

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MINIX 3 information

  • Developed by

    NL flagAndrew Stuart Tanenbaum

  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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  •  3,504 Stars
  •  1,236 Forks
  •  126 Open Issues
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What is MINIX 3?

MINIX is a POSIX-compliant Unix-like operating system based on a tiny microkernel running in kernel mode with the rest of the operating system running as a number of isolated, protected, processes in user mode. It runs on x86 and ARM CPUs, is compatible with NetBSD, and runs thousands of NetBSD packages