Andrew S. Tanenbaum - http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/
Professor, Free University, Amsterdam; author of MINIX Unix variant. Full source code. Free for all uses. Small size, microkernel, ample documentation. Users unfamiliar with OS internals can understand nearly the full system with a few months use and study. MINIX inspired Linus Torvalds to do Linux. |
Bibliography on Minix, a UNIX-like OS - http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/Os/minix.html
Part of the Computer Science Bibliography Collection of Alf-Christian Achilles. |
Brad's MacMinix Page - http://www.pliner.com/macminix/
MINIX that runs atop Mac OS. Benefits: while learning about operating systems, its easy to recompile and relaunch, with no rebooting; and to keep OS backups in separate files. |
http://www.cs.vu.nl/pub/minix/ - http://www.cs.vu.nl/pub/minix/
This directory and subdirectories contain MINIX, a small Unix-like system for IBM PCs and compatibles. |
http://www.minix3.org/ - http://www.minix3.org/
Unix clone that is free, small, flexible, secure, and self-healing, leading to high reliability, even during software faults. Descriptions, FAQ, book, newsgroup, screenshots, bug reports, downloads. [open source, BSD-like] |
MINIX - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MINIX
Overview article on the system and its history. |
Minix Network Service Documentation - http://www.os-forum.com/minix/net/
Line-by-line comments of source code for TCP/IP networking protocols, network service, for Minix version 2.0.4. By Christos Karayiannis, Andrew Swartzbaugh. |
Minix on the Net - http://www.disi.unige.it/person/DoderoG/minix/minix.htm
Documents, help files, hints, links. |
Minix-vmd - http://www.minix-vmd.org/
Overdressed version of Minix; source, binaries, man pages. |
MINIX.ORG - http://www.minix.org/
Repository for OS related: documentation, help, information, news, links, books, source code, downloads. Not the official MINIX website. |
Operating Systems Design and Implementation, 3/E - http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/academic/product/0,,0131429388,00%2ben-USS_01DBC.html
By Andrew S Tanenbaum, Albert S Woodhull; Prentice Hall, 2006, ISBN 0131429388. Revised simplified edition, for latest MINIX version. An OS text which first explains relevant principles, then demonstrate their use via Unix-like OS as a detailed example. |
The Minix Operating System - http://minix1.woodhull.com/
Major resource of information on, downloads of, and software for, Minix. |