Subj : Re: hello! :DD
To   : niter3
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Wed Apr 17 2024 07:16:00

-=> niter3 wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 pF> I put MINIX on it, installed an SMTP server, POP3 server and a web
 pF> server and create a mini-presence on our company LAN. I forwarded mail
 pF> to it, used it as a DNS forwarder, and created some web pages to share
 pF> information inside the company.

 ni> I'm not up to speed with minix, but is that a currently active OS?
 ni> Meaning, is it getting constant patches?

MINIX is a "teaching" OS, not really meant for production. Andy
Tanenbaum designed it for an OS class years ago. I wouldn't want to run
it on the internet, though.

It runs on an old emulator called bochs, but also runs natively and
with modern hypervisors. It ran (sort of) on 8088s, but was intended for
a 286 with a little more memory to play with, and later versions
supported 386's memory model and included an X server.

What's great about it is that the source code is available and it's
designed to be walked through and understood as part of the class.

https://minix3.org for Version 3 info
https://minix1.woodhull.com for Version 2 info



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