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Unix-like operating system
Minix 3 is a small, Unix-like operating system published under a BSD-3-Clause license, and is a successor project to the earlier versions, Minix 1.x and
Minix_3
Unix-like operating system
MINIX is a Unix-like operating system based on a microkernel architecture, first released in 1987 and written by American-Dutch computer scientist Andrew
Minix
File system for the Linux kernel
implementations (of varying quality and completeness) exist in GNU Hurd, MINIX 3, some BSD kernels, in MiNT, Haiku and as third-party Microsoft Windows
Ext2
Native file system of the Minix operating system
The Minix file system is the native file system of the Minix operating system. It was written by Andrew S. Tanenbaum in the 1980s and aimed to replicate
MINIX_file_system
Package manager for Unix-like operating systems
open-source software. It is the native package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and MINIX 3, and is portable across 23 different operating systems, including AIX,
Pkgsrc
Free and open-source Unix-like operating system
1.3 in 1998, provides more than 29,000 third-party software packages and has been adopted by other operating systems including SmartOS and Minix 3. The
NetBSD
Lightweight Unix shell
(/bin/sh) on FreeBSD, NetBSD, DragonFly BSD, MINIX, and in some Linux distributions, such as Alpine Linux. MINIX 3.2 used the original ash version, whose test
Almquist_shell
Kernel that provides fewer services than a traditional kernel
Microkernels often have less source code than monolithic kernels. The MINIX 3 microkernel, for example, has only approximately 12,000 lines of code.
Microkernel
Computer science textbook
editions also included loadable disks with MINIX: 1987 ed. MINIX 1.0 1997 ed. MINIX 2.0 2006 ed. MINIX 3.1.0 History of Linux Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate
Operating Systems: Design and Implementation
Operating_Systems:_Design_and_Implementation
Virtualization module in the Linux kernel
other Linux systems. In addition, Android 2.2, GNU/Hurd (Debian K16), Minix 3.1.2a, Solaris 10 U3 and Darwin 8.0.1, together with other operating systems
Kernel-based_Virtual_Machine
Core of a computer operating system
user space, like user processes do, mainly for resilience and modularity. MINIX 3 is a notable example of microkernel design. Some kernels, such as the Linux
Kernel_(operating_system)
Way for programs to access kernel services
Philip Homburg, and Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Modular system programming on Minix 3, ;login: 31, no. 2 (April 2006); 19–28, accessed 5 March 2018 Gulbrandsen
System_call
POSIX-compliant, distributed OS GNO/ME Linux 0.01-0.1 Mac OS (System 7) MINIX 1.5 PenPoint OS RISC OS 3 SUNMOS Trusted Xenix – rewritten & security enhanced Xenix
Timeline_of_operating_systems
Compiler front-end
from the original on May 1, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2018. "Official Minix 3 website: News". Archived from the original on December 17, 2009. Retrieved
Clang
Autonomous computer subsystem
CPUs), it is based on the Intel Quark x86-based 32-bit CPU and runs the MINIX 3 operating system. The ME firmware is stored in a partition of the SPI BIOS
Intel_Management_Engine
Family of IEEE standards for compatibility between operating systems
DragonFly BSD FreeBSD Haiku illumos Linux (most distributions) LynxOS Minix (since 2005 Minix 3) MPE/iX NetBSD Nucleus RTOS NuttX OpenBSD OpenSolaris PikeOS RTOS
POSIX
Single board computer
computer. The OMAP3530 includes an ARM Cortex-A8 CPU (which can run Linux, Minix, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, RISC OS, or Symbian; a number of unofficial Android ports
BeagleBoard
Simple instructional operating system
Hardware environment Lacks (vs others) Minix 1 ~12k Microkernel C x86-16 ? Minix 2 ~23k Microkernel C x86-32 ? Minix 3 ~100k+ Microkernel C x86-32 —N/a Nachos
Pintos
Software interface for Unix-like systems
available for Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD (as puffs), OpenSolaris, Minix 3, macOS, MorphOS (as filesysbox.library), and Windows. FUSE is free software
Filesystem_in_Userspace
Operating systems based on GNU
Preventa Project, to port Debian to run on the Minix 3 kernel, thus forming an unofficial Debian GNU/Minix similar to Debian GNU/kFreeBSD or Debian GNU/NetBSD
GNU_variants
British computer scientist
Herder for Building a Dependable Operating System: Fault Tolerance in MINIX 3 2010 Willem de Bruijn (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) for Adaptive Operating
Roger_Needham
Type of operating system kernel
(a.k.a. tickless). As of 2020,[update] there is a plan to add this to MINIX 3 in the medium term. Bright, Peter (October 28, 2012). "Better on the inside:
Tickless_kernel
Free Unix-like operating system kernel
Tanenbaum, the creator of MINIX, and Torvalds. The Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate started in 1992 on the Usenet group comp.os.minix as a general discussion about
Linux_kernel
task-isolation mode for the kernel Supports ELF since version 3.2.0 "MinixReleases". Minix Wiki. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 21
Comparison of operating system kernels
Comparison_of_operating_system_kernels
NBA professional basketball team season
runner-up and winner of West Group C, after concluding the group stage with a 3–1 record. In the knockout stage, the Spurs eliminated the Los Angeles Lakers
2025–26 San Antonio Spurs season
2025–26_San_Antonio_Spurs_season
American-Dutch computer scientist (born 1944)
the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He is the author of MINIX, a free Unix-like operating system for teaching purposes, and has written
Andrew_S._Tanenbaum
1990s debate regarding the Linux kernel
architecture in general. Tanenbaum, the creator of Minix, began the debate in Usenet discussion group comp.os.minix, arguing that microkernels are superior to
Tanenbaum–Torvalds_debate
Modern reimplementation of Sixth Edition Unix
covered in a semester (especially compared to Minix or Pintos), by kernel type (xv6 monolithic vs Minix microkernel vs Nachos user-space simulated), and
Xv6
Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 26 October 2011. "MINIX 3 Hardware Requirements". MINIX3.org. Retrieved 6 December 2014. "Haiku ARM
Comparison of open-source operating systems
Comparison_of_open-source_operating_systems
standard AmigaOS installation requires usually only few files (typically 3 to 10 files) to be copied in their appropriate directory, and libraries and
Comparison of operating systems
Comparison_of_operating_systems
Complete, bootable computer installation that runs directly from a CD-ROM
Windows installation and repair discs, OS/2, ReactOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD, MINIX 3, Plan 9 from Bell Labs, MorphOS, OpenSolaris, BeleniX and others based
Live_CD
List of mascots for computer hardware, software, and concepts
development A snake holding a gaming controller No ref available Rocky Raccoon MINIX 3, a free and open-source project to create a small, high availability, high
List_of_computing_mascots
Sports season
took place on July 4–6 while the games in San Francisco took place on July 3, 5, and 6. Brooklyn Nets Golden State Warriors (Split into “Gold” and “Blue”
2026_NBA_Summer_League
American basketball player (born 2000)
Riley James Minix (born September 22, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association
Riley_Minix
Family of RISC-based computer architectures
FreeBSD FreeRTOS INTEGRITY Linux Micro-Controller Operating Systems Mbed MINIX 3 MQX Nucleus PLUS NuttX OKL4 Operating System Embedded (OSE) OS-9 Pharos
ARM_architecture_family
Old Unix executable file format
by the magic numbers with octal codes 0407, 0410 or 0413. MINIX 3 switched to ELF in the 3.2.0 release of February 2012. Linux also used a.out only until
A.out
EDE running on MINIX 3.1.7 with X11
Equinox_Desktop_Environment
Implementation of the Precision Time Protocol
run the software, but this essentially means that FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, Minix 3 and QNX computers can participate in PTP networks. PTPd can act as a master
PTPd
Free and open-source display server for X Window System
Solaris operating system. X.Org is also available in the repositories of Minix 3. Windows Cygwin/X, Cygwin's implementation of the X server for Microsoft
X.Org_Server
with MINIX 3, the primary aim of development shifted from education to the creation of a highly reliable and self-healing microkernel OS. MINIX is now
List of Dutch inventions and innovations
List_of_Dutch_inventions_and_innovations
Kind of legal entity under Dutch corporate law
Mars One – purpose: establish a permanent human colony on Mars. MINIX 3 – Stichting MINIX Research Foundation - purpose: Support and develop Minix3 Operating
Stichting
Family of Unix-like operating systems that use the Linux kernel
calls from Tanenbaum's Minix text. Torvalds began the development of the Linux kernel on Minix and applications written for Minix were also used on Linux
Linux
Playing video games on Linux-based operating systems
April 2023. lxdoom-1.4.4 "Porting NetBSD Userland to MINIX 3". MINIX 3 Wiki. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2023. "Bug#679330: marked as done (ioquake3:
Video_games_and_Linux
Operative System
of the Host OS and thus runs natively on the Host OS' CPU. Nachos version 3.4 has been the stable, commonly used version of Nachos for many years. Nachos
Not Another Completely Heuristic Operating System
Not_Another_Completely_Heuristic_Operating_System
Umbrella marketing term by Intel
Intel Management Engine (ME), a distinct processor in the chipset running MINIX 3, which has been found to have numerous security vulnerabilities. Unlike
Intel_vPro
BSD-based package management
from NetBSD itself, including the other BSDs, SmartOS/illumos, macOS, MINIX 3, Linux and other Unix-likes. pkgsrc was created in August 1997 based on
Ports_collection
input, or the set of supported targets is very limited. ^ Part of the MINIX 3 source tree, but without obvious development activity. ^ Developed by Interactive
Comparison_of_assemblers
Out-of-band management platform
32-bit processor, presumably Intel Quark, and runs a derivative of the MINIX 3 operating system. The ME state is stored in a partition of the SPI flash
Intel Active Management Technology
Intel_Active_Management_Technology
Operating system
platforms, including the DEC PDP-11 and VAX systems, Motorola 68k (Sun-2 and Sun-3 workstations, AT&T UNIX PC, MECB), Intel x86, PowerPC G3, MIPS, ARM architecture
Xinu
protected by checksums Creation time stored since June 2015, xfsprogs version 3.2.3 The local time, time zone/UTC offset, and date are derived from the time
Comparison_of_file_systems
Manpage formatter
Void Linux, Alpine Linux and macOS, and is also included in DragonFlyBSD, MINIX 3, Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo, and Fedora. Its advantages were stated as high
Mandoc
Standard UNIX utility that prints name and other details about the machine
Unix-like utilities. Some Unix variants, such as AT&T UNIX System V Release 3.0, include the related setname program, used to change the values that uname
Uname
Emulator for Commodore's 8-bit computers
as well as remaining traces of support for Minix, SkyOS, UNIXWARE, and Sortix, due to lack of staff. VICE 3.5 drops explicit support for OS/2 and AmigaOS
VICE
Operating system kernel
The Architecture of MINIX 3
Exokernel
area is on automatic recovery of operating systems due to driver faults. Minix 3 is an operating system which can isolate major faults, defects are detected
Device driver synthesis and verification
Device_driver_synthesis_and_verification
Retargetable charger suite
The ACK was known as MINIX's native compiler toolchain until the MINIX userland was largely replaced by that of NetBSD (MINIX 3.2.0) and Clang was adopted
Amsterdam_Compiler_Kit
System V Release 2 kernel, with some new features from Release 3 and BSD. In 1987, MINIX, a Unix-like system intended for academic use, was released by
History_of_Linux
Finnish and American software engineer (born 1969)
Operating Systems: Design and Implementation, in which Tanenbaum describes MINIX, an educational stripped-down version of Unix. On 5 January 1991 he purchased
Linus_Torvalds
Enhanced clone of the vi text editor
one of these two editors to be the vi clone in Minix; Elvis was chosen, and remains the vi clone for Minix today. In 1989, Lynne Jolitz and William Jolitz
Elvis_(text_editor)
Indiana man wrongfully convicted of rape
Alexander was charged with the murder of Catherine Minix, who was found stabbed to death. Minix had previously filed a protective order against Alexander
Richard Alexander (exonerated convict)
Richard_Alexander_(exonerated_convict)
American conservative think tank
Brown to find similarities between Minix and Linux 0.01 source code, and found no support for the theory that Minix source code had been used to create
Alexis de Tocqueville Institution
Alexis_de_Tocqueville_Institution
Operating system that behaves similarly to Unix
systems often have Unix-like names such as AIX, A/UX, HP-UX, IRIX, Linux, Minix, Ultrix, Xenix, and XNU. These patterns do not literally match many system
Unix-like
1990s small battery-powered computer
also run other operating systems such as GEOS, Windows 1.0-3.0 (in Real mode only), or MINIX 2.0. Most Palmtop PCs have been based on a static hardware
Palmtop_PC
The Microwave Ionosphere Nonlinear Interaction Experiment (MINIX) is a sounding rocket experiment launched by Japan on 29 August 1983. Its purpose was
Microwave Ionosphere Nonlinear Interaction Experiment
Microwave_Ionosphere_Nonlinear_Interaction_Experiment
Family of computer operating systems
licensees to use the UNIX trademark for systems based on System V Release 3.2, if certain conditions were met. In October 1993, Novell, the company that
Unix
Keyboard-oriented text editor
one of these two editors to be the vi clone in Minix; Elvis was chosen, and remains the vi clone for Minix today. In 1989, Lynne Jolitz and William Jolitz
Vi_(text_editor)
Operating system
Tinix (Try It as miNIX-like operating system), is a tutorial operating system (OS) written by Yu Yuan. Designed primarily to teach fundamentals rather
Tinix
Command used to format with file system
for ext2 file systems, mkfs.msdos for FAT/VFAT file systems, mkfs.minix for the Minix file system, etc. FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, and macOS
Mkfs
Window System, mostly Unix and Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, Minix, illumos, Solaris, AIX, FreeBSD and Mac OS X. Microsoft Windows is capable
Comparison of X Window System desktop environments
Comparison_of_X_Window_System_desktop_environments
78th edition of the NBA draft
Antonio acquired a 2022 second-round pick and Chandler Hutchison September 3, 2021: Brooklyn Nets to Detroit Pistons Detroit acquired DeAndre Jordan, 2022
2024_NBA_draft
Original Unix operating system from Bell Labs
editions of Unix—excepting Unix-like implementations such as Coherent, Minix, and Linux—derive from the 7th Edition. Starting with the 8th Edition, versions
Research_Unix
Torvalds (January 29, 1992). "Re: LINUX is obsolete". Newsgroup: comp.os.minix. Usenet: 1992Jan29.231426.20469@klaava.Helsinki.FI. Retrieved 2006-05-11
History of the Berkeley Software Distribution
History_of_the_Berkeley_Software_Distribution
Software that manages computer hardware resources
programming interfaces (APIs), which is supported by most UNIX systems. MINIX was a stripped-down version of UNIX, developed in 1987 for educational uses
Operating_system
Calendar year
Vukovar. Linus Torvalds posts messages to the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.minix, regarding the new operating system kernel he has developed, called Linux
1991
Layer of protection in computer systems
Oakland, CA. pp. 166–179. hdl:10945/7198. Ivan Kelly (8 May 2006). "Porting MINIX to Xen" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2006. Paul
Protection_ring
Free software project
Torvalds (August 26, 1991). "What would you like to see most in minix?". comp.os.minix. Archived from the original on April 30, 2013. Retrieved July 28
GNU_Project
Relative market adoption of operating systems
microprocessors contain an embedded management processor running a version of the Minix operating system. Shipments (to stores) do not necessarily translate to
Usage share of operating systems
Usage_share_of_operating_systems
the PC532: MINIX A port of MINIX 1.3 to the PC532 (sometimes referred to as MINIX-532) was released by Bruce Culbertson in 1990. Mach Mach 3.0 was ported
PC532
Amoeba BSD Coherent Darwin DEMOS DNIX Domain/OS DYNIX GNU Hurd Linux LynxOS MINIX MNOS MOS NeXTSTEP QNX Redox RISC iX SOX SunOS SerenityOS Ultrix uNETix Research
List_of_Unix_systems
File system for the Linux kernel
on the MINIX file system. Today it is obsolete and not in use, except possibly in some historic installations. Linux originally used the MINIX file system
Xiafs
GNU replacement for the Bourne shell
(26 August 1991). "What would you like to see most in Minix?". google.com. Newsgroup: comp.os.minix. Retrieved 8 August 2025. "January 1993 GNU's Bulletin"
Bash_(Unix_shell)
Standard file format for executables, object code, shared libraries, and core dumps
(except for 32-bit PA-RISC programs which continue to use SOM) QNX Neutrino MINIX ELF has also seen some adoption in non-Unix operating systems, such as:
Executable and Linkable Format
Executable_and_Linkable_Format
American basketball player (born 2002)
Retrieved December 7, 2025. "Spurs are-Sign Harrison Ingram And Riley Minix To Two-Way Contracts". gleague.nba.com. Retrieved October 7, 2025. Riddle
Harrison_Ingram
Collection of Unix commands in a single executable file
fdformat fdisk find findfs flash_lock flash_unlock fold free freeramdisk fsck.minix fsck fsync ftpd ftpget ftpput fuser getopt getty grep — Search for PATTERN
BusyBox
Implementation of NTFS file system
OpenSolaris, illumos, BeOS, QNX, WinCE, Nucleus, VxWorks, Haiku, MorphOS, Minix, macOS and OpenBSD. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License
NTFS-3G
Worldwide computer-based distributed discussion system
2007. Torvalds, Linus. "What would you like to see most in minix?". Newsgroup: comp.os.minix. Usenet: 1991Aug25.205708.9541@klaava.Helsinki.FI. Archived
Usenet
Public high school in Vero Beach, Florida, United States
football player Muni Long, Grammy-winning R&B artist YNW Melly, rapper Riley Minix, basketball player Alison Mosshart, singer and songwriter, bands The Kills
Vero_Beach_High_School
Standards for operating systems for using the UNIX trademark
and vendors of Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, and MINIX typically do not certify their distributions and do not install full POSIX
Single_UNIX_Specification
Distributed operating system
consists of utilities ported over from Tanenbaum's other operating system, MINIX. Early versions used a "homebrew" window system, which the Amoeba authors
Amoeba_(operating_system)
Version history of the Linux kernel
interfaces and behavior even across major versions. Rather, since version 3.x, minor versions are capped around 20, to avoid the false perception that
Linux_kernel_version_history
Symbol "#!", used in computing
binaries using wine) another script starting with a shebang On Linux and Minix, an interpreter can also be a script. A chain of shebangs and wrappers yields
Shebang_(Unix)
2025–26 NBA season by team
Fedor, Chris (April 3, 2026). "Cavs clinch playoff spot with 118-111 win over Golden State Warriors". cleveland.com. Retrieved April 3, 2026. Quinn, Sam
2025–26 Cleveland Cavaliers season
2025–26_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season
com. Retrieved August 4, 2025. "Spurs Re-Sign Harrison Ingram And Riley Minix To Two-Way Contracts". NBA.com. August 6, 2025. Retrieved August 6, 2025
List of 2025–26 NBA season transactions
List_of_2025–26_NBA_season_transactions
Topics referred to by the same term
mascot of the University of Rochester Rocky Raccoon, the mascot of the Minix OS ASAP Rocky, American rapper Rocky (nickname) Rocky (singer), South Korean
Rocky_(disambiguation)
American college basketball season
Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved October 28, 2024. "Morehead State's Minix, Little Rock's Walker and Crocker-Johnson and WIU's Cisse Earn 2023-24 OVC
2024–25 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's basketball team
2024–25_SIU_Edwardsville_Cougars_men's_basketball_team
American basketball player (born 1999)
in game 3 of the series and Memphis would go on to lose in 6 games. In the three games he played, he averaged 38.3 points per game on 50.6%/43.3%/85.7%
Ja_Morant
Compression shell command based on the LZW compression algorithm
installed from a separate package. compress is available for FreeBSD, OpenBSD, MINIX, Solaris and AIX. compress is allowed for Point-to-Point Protocol in RFC 1977
Compress_(software)
Formally verified capability-based microkernel
akin to a CPU driver than other commercial microkernels like Mach, QNX, or Minix. The primary motivation was to enable policy and architectural freedom for
SeL4
Computer file system architecture design
Retrieved 2014-05-05. Torvalds, Linus (1992-12-23). "Long filenames". comp.os.minix. Archived from the original on 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2014-05-05. "Linux
Design_of_the_FAT_file_system
Open source window manager for the X11 system
derivatives, such as DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD Linux MINIX Solaris "Fluxbox 1.3.7 - Bam! Zero Bugs!!11!". 8 February 2015. Archived from the original
Fluxbox
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