MINIX 3: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]
Amsterdam Compiler Kit: Port of ACK to Minix 2.0. This compiler is the standard Minix system compiler, and used to compile the kernel. Supports C, Basic, Occam. [open source, BSD-style]
Andrew S. Tanenbaum: 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: Part of the Computer Science Bibliography Collection of Alf-Christian Achilles.
MacMinix: Macintosh version of the UNIX clone Minix.
MacMinix: Macintosh version of the UNIX clone Minix.
MINIX: This directory and subdirectories contain MINIX, a small Unix-like system for IBM PCs and compatibles.
Minix: Growing article, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia]
Minix Network Service Documentation: 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: Documents, help files, hints, links.
Minix Tips: Information on how to use and extend Minix 3, and run software on it; website server uses Minix; weblog format, many practical posts.
Minix-vmd: Overdressed version of Minix; source, binaries, man pages.
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: 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: Major resource of information on, downloads of, and software for, Minix.