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Minix 3 (2014)

95 points by droideqa

by dang

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Related. Others?
Minix development has been abandoned? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36064961 - May 2023 (109 comments)
Ask HN: Is Minix dead? No commits since 2018 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26451540 - March 2021 (142 comments)
Minix 3.3.0 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8324578 - Sept 2014 (172 comments)
Minix 3.2.1 Released - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5272980 - Feb 2013 (24 comments)

by linsomniac

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"News" page last update: March 2016. Maybe need a "(2014)" on the title, looks like that was when 3.3.0 was released.

by jmorenoamor

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I remember having to implement partial file locking in Minix as an assignment in college. Good times,

by lacoolj

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not sure what makes this "news" but it did give me some nostalgia in the "Getting Started" page:
> Now you are ready to start the installation procedure. When installing to the bare computer, put the CD-ROM in the drive, close the door and shut the computer down.

by teddyh

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Now mostly used in the Intel Management Engine.

by henning

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Dead project?