MINIX
<operating system> /MIN-ix/ A small operating system that is very similar to UNIX. MINIX was written for educational purposes by Prof. Andrew S. Tanenbaum of Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. MINIX has been written from scratch and contains no AT&T code -- neither in the kernel, the compiler, the utilities, nor the libraries. Although copyrighted by Prentice-Hall, all sources, binaries and documentation can be obtained via Internet for educational or research purposes. Current versions as of 1996-11-15: MINIX 2.0 - Intel CPUs from Intel 8088 to Pentium MINIX 1.5 - Intel, Macintosh (MacMinix), Amiga, Atari ST, Sun SPARC. Home. (1997-06-16) | ||||
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/min-ix/ a small operating system that is very similar to unix. minix was written for educational purposes by prof. andrew s. tanenbaum of vrije universiteit, amsterdam
minix
has been written from scratch and contains no at&t code -- neither in the kernel, the compiler, the utilities, nor the libraries. although copyrighted by prentice-hall, all sources , binaries and documentation can be obtained via internet for educational or research purposes.
minix
/min-ix/ a small operating system that is very similar to unix. minix was written for educational purposes by prof. andrew s. tanenbaum of vrije universiteit, amsterdam
minix
has been written from scratch and contains no at&t code -- neither in the kernel, the compiler, the utilities, nor the libraries. although copyrighted by prentice-hall, all sources , binaries and documentation can be obtained via internet for educational or research purposes.
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MINIX
MINIX is a free/open source, Unix-like operating system (OS) based on a microkernel architecture. Andrew S. Tanenbaum wrote the operating system to be used for educational purposes; MINIX also inspired the creation of the Linux kernel. Its name derives from the words minimal and Unix.
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