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Minix as open source[edit]

In the late 1990s, the license for Minix was converted to open source – When? --Hhielscher 10:50, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

April 2000 --Karnesky 00:08, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Minix vs. Minix 3[edit]

I am starting a separate article for Minix 3. As prof. Andrew Tannenbaum quoted it : "MINIX 1 and MINIX 3 are related in the same way as Windows 3.1 and Windows XP are: same first name." (http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/reliable-os/) Freedom to share 16:28, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Was glad to read of the separate Minx 3 article and it looks good. Still I think there's room here for the famous (as these things go) quote about Minix 3 not being your grandfather's Minix. It would underscore the significance of the differences and might strengthen the incentive to read the other article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.38.196.235 (talk) 15:38, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

MINIX logo?[edit]

What's the history of the minix logo Image:Minix3.png?

That logo was introduced with MINIX 3. Previously the logo was a stylized "M". I guess the raccoon comes from the cover of the 3rd edition of Operating Systems: Design and Implementation [1]. Letdorf 17:00, 24 October 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Any Book there which teaches step-by-step coding of OS (e.g. Minix/Minix-3)[edit]

Over time I have been looking for a book which can guide say a C/C++ programmer to write his own OS. Normally books only discuss the various modules(Memory Management, Process Management etc) and stop at that, in case of book on Minix by Andrew S. Tanenbaum it supplied the source code but didn't devote chapters on writing part of the souce code. Any such book available somewhere or is there a plan for the same on Wikibook/Wikiversity. Vjdchauhan 10:49, 4 January 2007 (UTC).

Good queston...Anyone have a answer? Im curious myself

xv6 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.225.166.42 (talk) 09:07, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Move to MINIX?[edit]

With the exception of Minix-vmd, every instance of the name "minix" in this article is in all caps. Does this article belong at MINIX? Playstationman 10:10, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I'd say so. Letdorf 10:27, 20 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

ARM Version of Minix?[edit]

Lots of people are waiting on an ARM port of Minix! Wish they would push the priority of this port higher on the ToDo list! Sbmeirow (talk) 22:14, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Left out the Lions' impetus fror writing the book.[edit]

"Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition, with Source Code (1976) contains the complete source code of the 6th Edition Unix kernel" The book was used to teach UNIX academically to Comp Sci students but AT&T forbid its dissemination after 1979. The Wiki article quotes Tannenbaum about this. Minix was an attempt at writing a clean kernel without violating AT&T copyrights. Without the need to teach students using "Unix-like" code the Operating Systems Design book would not have been written. Shjacks45 (talk) 13:16, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Intel & hidden MINIX at ring -3[edit]

Hi! First talk post here, I've only done minor edits, blah blah blah.

I've noticed that in the news, Intel has been found to have MINIX running on their chips, at ring -3, which may be used to plant a rootkit. I think that this is significant, and I am looking for opinions on whether or not I should add information to MINIX about the topic. Thanks for taking the time to read this!

--John Gillen (talk) 17:50, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Google are apparently trying to remove it from their servers, but I can't find a source outside of reddit and similar sites. If you can find a good source, it's probably worth including. Sophie means wisdom (talk) 11:42, 10 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

--nitrofurano this controversial topic is indeed really very relevant, please add it in the wikipage — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8A0:ECAB:9E01:3D1D:E984:F17D:5BCD (talk) 11:48, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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"Minix 3 currently supports"[edit]

Didn't anyone teach you that "currently" has no place in an encyclopedic article? sheesh jae (talk) 16:19, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Edits with citations reverted as 'unsourced'[edit]

Some edits I wrote were reverted were reverted as 'unsourced'. The first is on the dormancy of MINIX development, included a citation and was in agreement with the Minix 3 article. The second was on capitalisation, as has been noted above in this talk page. While this second edit did not add any new citations, it did align with the capitalisation used in the vast majority of existing citations, including MINIX's website. I'm writing this here as I don't have the powers necessary to write on the talk page of the reverting user. Per WP:TALK#DISCUSS, I will restore the reverted edits but am open to discussion here. Bespos (talk) 23:22, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]