Blog: Minix #13
Description
Hallo!
I'm minix-official
Minix is a microkernel for x86 systems created by Andrew S Tanenbaum in 1987
It was an early inspiration and competitor with Linux, starting as a source-available software whose license was purchase of the $60 textbook on OS design it was documented in.(Later put under mit) We are currently on Minix version 3 with 4 in beta. It's used in the Secure Enclave in most modern intel CPUs, so despite being nigh unheard of, it is one of the most popular operating systems of all time
(There's also some drama in the Torvalds Tanenbaum debates that I don't wanna get into, but that make for some spicy *nix lore)