Subj : Minix
To   : Skylar
From : apam
Date : Wed Apr 17 2024 11:15:28

  Re: Minix
  By: Skylar to apam on Tue Apr 16 2024 05:20 pm

 >> 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.

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

It's an opensource operating system that anyone can participate in. Sure originally it might have been exclusivley an educational tool, but it's more than that these days. Infact I believe that intel use minix in their Management Engine.

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

I'm not really talking about constant patches, I'm talking about the 3.4.0 branch hasn't been touched in 5 years. So, it's not getting ANY patches, and still missing things like USB support.

It's a nice operating system and can do lots of things, especially now it has netbsd compatibility and can use pkgsrc, however it seems that interest in it has waned.

Andrew
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