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Minix V3.3.0 - A free UNIX-like operating system designed mostly for embedded system and low-power laptops
MINIX 3 is a free, open-source, operating system designed to be highly reliable, flexible, and secure. It is based on a tiny microkernel running in kernel mode with the rest of the operating system running as a number of isolated, protected, processes in user mode. It runs on x86 and ARM CPUs, is compatible with NetBSD, and runs thousands of NetBSD packages.
This version is for computers with a 32 bit architecture (Released on 2014-09-16). It also works well in Virtual Machines.
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MINIX 3 is a free, open-source, operating system designed to be highly reliable, flexible, and secure. It is based on a tiny microkernel running in kernel mode with the rest of the operating system running as a number of isolated, protected, processes in user mode. It runs on x86 and ARM CPUs, is compatible with NetBSD, and runs thousands of NetBSD packages.
This version is for computers with a 32 bit architecture (Released on 2014-09-16). It also works well in Virtual Machines.
The OS is distributed as a dual-arch ISO image. The MINIX operating system is distributed as a dual-arch ISO image, which has been archived with the bz2 compression method and engineered to run on computers that support both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x86_64) instruction set architectures.
The old-school boot menu features four different options. Please note that the ISO image must be written to a CD disc or a USB thumb drive of 512MB or higher capacity in order to boot it from the BIOS of a PC. It will prompt users with a boot menu that features four different options, the ability to start the live system with or without AHCI support, the ability to drop to a shell prompt, and the ability to edit the menu options.
It runs in live mode and can be installed on a local drive. While the system will run smoothly from the bootable medium and many of its pre-installed commands will work properly, you will have to install it on a local drive in order to take full advantage of its functionality, including the graphical desktop environment. By default, you will be dropped to a shell prompt where you must login with the “root” username. Type “setup” (without quotes) to start the installation script.
It is not a Linux or BSD operating system. All things considered, MINIX should not be confused with Linux or BSD. It’s still in heavy development and is nowhere near as mature as the aforementioned UNIX-like operating systems. It is not designed for end-users, as a day-to-day operating system!
The old-school boot menu features four different options. Please note that the ISO image must be written to a CD disc or a USB thumb drive of 512MB or higher capacity in order to boot it from the BIOS of a PC. It will prompt users with a boot menu that features four different options, the ability to start the live system with or without AHCI support, the ability to drop to a shell prompt, and the ability to edit the menu options.
It runs in live mode and can be installed on a local drive. While the system will run smoothly from the bootable medium and many of its pre-installed commands will work properly, you will have to install it on a local drive in order to take full advantage of its functionality, including the graphical desktop environment. By default, you will be dropped to a shell prompt where you must login with the “root” username. Type “setup” (without quotes) to start the installation script.
It is not a Linux or BSD operating system. All things considered, MINIX should not be confused with Linux or BSD. It’s still in heavy development and is nowhere near as mature as the aforementioned UNIX-like operating systems. It is not designed for end-users, as a day-to-day operating system!
MINIX 3 Copyright: Vrije Universiteit All rights reserved.
Minimum system requirements to install MINIX 3.
HARDWARE
This is a live CD-ROM. You can insert it into your computer and boot from it. MINIX 3 will start automatically and you can log in as root. It does NOT require Windows, Linux, or any other operating system as it is self contained. However, to use it effectively, you must install it on your hard disk.
WARNING
MINIX 3 is an operating system and will overwrite all the data in the partition in which it is installed. Be sure to back up all your files before installing it.
Minimum system requirements to install MINIX 3.
HARDWARE
- PC with a Pentium or compatible processor
- at least 200 MB of free disk space
- IDE CD-ROM drive
- IDE hard disk
- NOT SUPPORTED: USB and SCSI disks; Some Serial ATA disks work.
This is a live CD-ROM. You can insert it into your computer and boot from it. MINIX 3 will start automatically and you can log in as root. It does NOT require Windows, Linux, or any other operating system as it is self contained. However, to use it effectively, you must install it on your hard disk.
WARNING
MINIX 3 is an operating system and will overwrite all the data in the partition in which it is installed. Be sure to back up all your files before installing it.
General Characteristics
- POSIX-compliant operating system with a NetBSD userland
- Open source, with a BSD license
- Runs on x86 PCs and well as x86 virtual machines (VMware, etc.)
- Runs on ARM Cortex A8 (e.g., BeagleBoard XM, Beaglebones)
- Networking with TCP/IP
- Virtual memory
- Virtual file system
- Unified block cache shared by virtual memory and file systems
- Dynamic linking
- Small memory footprint (kernel is 600 kB; full OS is 25 MB)
- Tiny microkernel that runs in kernel mode
- Most of the operating system runs in user-mode protected processes
- Each device driver is a separate user-mode process
- Reincarnation server can reload failed drivers
- Reduced kernel size
- Bugs are caged
- Drivers' memory access is limited
- Bad pointer references are not always fatal
- Infinite loops are not always fatal
- Buffer overruns are not always fatal
- Access to kernel function calls is restricted
- Access to I/O ports is restricted
- Communication with OS components is restricted
- Dead or sick drivers can be reincarnated
- Interrupts and messages are integrated
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- Languages: C, C++, clisp, mawk, Perl, Python, tcl, etc.
- Compilers: gcc and clang/LLVM
- Native compilation (self hosting) on x86
- Cross compilation for x86 and ARM
- Shells (e.g., bash, mksh, mudsh, pdksh, zsh)
- Editors (e.g., elvis, joe, jove, pico, uemacs, vim)
- Games (e.g., crafty, exchess, ioquake)
- Mail (e.g., fetchmail, getmail, mutt, thunderbird)
- Over 4000 other NetBSD packages
- The system is based on a tiny (12,700 lines of code) microkernel
- The microkernel handles interrupts and message passing and is the only code running in kernel mode.
- The rest of the operating system runs as a collection of isolated, protected, user-mode processes
- Each device driver is a separate user-mode process isolated by the MMU hardware
- If a driver crashes, the system automatically restarts it, with running applications not even noticing
- This means that MINIX 3.3.0 is self-healing
- Userland is largely compatible with NetBSD and runs thousands of NetBSD packages
- By combining an innovative self-healing research OS with NetBSD userland, we got the best of both worlds
- Both the clang/LLVM and gcc compilers are available, as well as perl, python, etc.
- MINIX 3.3.0 is available for both the x86 and ARM Cortex A8 architectures, making it ideal for embedded systems
- Tools for cross compiling MINIX 3 for the ARM on Linux are provided
- Ports are available now for the BeagleBoard XM, BeagleBone white, and BeagleBone black
- Extensive documentation is available in the MINIX 3 wiki
- The code has been improved over MINIX 3.2.1 in hundreds of ways, leading to a cleaner and more reliable system
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