One thing about Minix, it is older then Linux, and if what I read is true, Linus TorvaldsPostby pylkko » 2016-12-07 15:42
Apparently Garry has recently studied OpenBSD and Minix. By coincidence I've also recently installed FreeBSD and Minix. Maybe we could have a separate thread about experience about non-linux. (like other stuff than what your desktop looks like - mine always looks like I haven't tuned it at all... mostly because I rarely do)
was using it to learn,...
I have some chores to do, --to be continued later---From: http://www.osnews.com/story/15960/Intro ... to-MINIX-3
MINIX 3 has a bright future but somewhat checkered past. The first version, MINIX 1, was released in 1987 and was the first UNIX clone with all the source code available. It developed rapidly and soon had its own USENET newsgroup (comp.os.minix), with 40,000 subscribers within 3 months, a large number at a time when the Internet was only available to university researchers and students. One of the early MINIX adopters was a Finnish student named Linus Torvalds, who went out and bought a PC just to run MINIX, studied it very carefully, and then decided to write his own operating system, inspired by MINIX. Although Linus knew MINIX very well, he didn't steal any code from it, as some people have alleged. Linus system grew into the modern Linux system. MINIX' author, Andrew Tanenbaum and Torvalds have had some fairly public discussions on operating system design, originally in 1992 and most recently in 2006.
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No, not at all , but guys like ,Andrew Tanenbaum, Torvalds , and the the DebianFrom : http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? ... ow#p630838
by Linadian »---snipped---Are you like, some kind of IT guy (master of *nixes)
founder, Ian Murdock, and there are many more, all have written a lot
of documentation, in a nut shell, Minix3 is not really that "obscure":
http://wiki.minix3.org/
Some people will say it is a "toy", I do not think that is the correct term at
all, it is a serious "learning tool", and can be used to develop a reliable and
"serious" OS, it has been used for educational purposes, as well as other
serious uses, for many years, it is a traditional starting point for learning,
which is what I am trying to do, before I retired, due to work, etc,...I never
had the free time to really do much, now I do.
They are using the "netbsd" repos, and many of the packages work quite
well, others need some work to get working,...
I have not tried "freebsd", nor netbsd, other then some of the packages I am
using come from Netbsd,..
OpenBsd I do have running, and fully "operational" appears to be very stable,
and has a wide range of packages available that "just work", I am logged in
and posting using my OpenBsd, on VirtualBox, VM,...one reason, on my Debian 7
wheezy, for some reason the "spell checker" does not work, via Firefox, but
also offline, as well using a editor, ...not sure what the deal is,on that.
But also Firefox, is working much better on the OpenBsd VM, then it does
on the Debian 7 drive,...that would be even another topic,...
Since I am not really a *NIX Master, by a long shot, it is easier for me
to use what just works, then get caught up in trying to fix the one that
is not working as well,........
I have been working with not only the Minix3, and OpenBsd, but also
Debian 1.00, 1.1,and 2.0,......these are very good "bases" to learn from
and get some idea about how Debian progresses, but ok, well that is
another topic, more related to Debian,...in a nut shell, due to some
major changes in both Debian development, and Linux,
Major Changes in Linux
...well, sad to say, but I do feel the need to explore other options,
There are some Debian developers doing some work with BSD's
as well,....
https://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD
I suppose, for now that is about it, I do have some things to do
(chores), etc,...
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@Linadian, and anyone else interested
If you like to write and read, like I do,...you mightPostby Linadian »
You'll have to excuse my imagination, I'm a wannabe fiction writer that sees a story in everything.
actually enjoy, or be interested, also you will probably see
why I decided to not even post it on this forum, I still plan to
and need to work on it,... Another offtopic topic-needs work