Subj : Minix
To   : apam
From : Skylar
Date : Tue Apr 16 2024 17:20:40

  Re: hello! :DD
  By: apam to niter3 on Wed Apr 17 2024 09:47 am

 >  > I'm not up to speed with minix, but is that a currently active OS?
 >  > Meaning, is it getting constant patches?
 >
 > Not really. Minix 3.3.0 is the most recent version, and they have a
 > snapshot of 3.4.0 but it hasn't been updated in 5 years.

Minix was created by a professor (Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum) as an educational tool for his classes/students. It was not intended to be an OS used daily by anyone who would want or need "constant patches". ;)

Probably meant more for someone who would get their hands in the code and fix it themself.
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