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MINIX isn't very Unix-like
It actually is Unix-like, and is even POSIX compliant.
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Actually Linus is on the way to learn some Rust from those students....
Let's see how that experiment works out.
https://source.android.com/setup/build/rust/building-rust-mo...
Hello! I have an antique server with qemu set up to run Xv6.[1] I wanted somebody to go through the course with me.[2] So far nobody has come aboard, and I haven't really started. If anyone here might be interested, please feel free to get in touch: notoles@metalvps.com. It would be super great to have a few friends along! Thank you! Best wishes and kindest regards, Tom [1] https://lowendbox.com/blog/how-to-compile-t…
Really wish I could join but I'm not there yet, need more work to get there. Good luck and have fun!
Thanks for your kind words.
I read your comment[1] which explains what you are doing and suggests by implication why you might think you are insufficiently prepared.
However, no law requires perfect preparedness. Why not take a few small bites of delicious dessert and see how they taste?
Best wishes and kindest regards,
Tom
Hello! I have an antique server with qemu set up to run Xv6.[1] I wanted somebody to go through the course with me.[2] So far nobody has come aboard, and I haven't really started. If anyone here might be interested, please feel free to get in touch: notoles@metalvps.com. It would be super great to have a few friends along! Thank you! Best wishes and kindest regards, Tom [1] https://lowendbox.com/blog/how-to-compile-t…
We might even have room for even a few more!
Thanks guys! Thank you HN <3
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> Tru64 UNIX and QNX have Micro-kernels, DragonFlyBSD and MacOS Hybrid. You're reading too much into my comment. The original PDP-7 (and later PDP-11) Unix are monolithic kernels. The most popular Unix variants or clones today (Linux, Free/Net/OpenBSD) are all monolithic kernels. Tru64 is long dead. QNX has a niche market. DragonFly ... not much market share. MacOS? As you say, hybrid, not microkernel, and is hardly…
I would argue that linux and macos are the most popular. And its really not my problem if you think a unix has to be mono..thats just wrong and you know it.
It's not really my problem if you think I said UNIX has to be a monolith, since I never said that.
Xv6 is a reimplementation based on the original v6 UNIX design. As a teaching tool for the historical design of UNIX, it's a great place to start. If you want to study Unix-like microkernels, then MINIX and Tanenbaum's books are a great place to start.
If you want to study hybrid Unix-like systems, then the Darwin source code might be a good place to start. MacOS as a popular, hybrid, desktop Unix is pretty much an anomaly in the course of Unix history.
Study whatever you want, but for beginners to OS design, it's easier to understand hybrid and microkernel systems if you first know what a monolithic kernel is, and how various modern versions of Unix evolved from that in my personal opinion.
Nobody really gives a rat's ass about UNIX certification in the real world ... except MacOS fans.
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I would argue that linux and macos are the most popular. And its really not my problem if you think a unix has to be mono..thats just wrong and you know it.
I would argue MINIX is the most popular… as it runs in every Intel CPU.
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I would argue that linux and macos are the most popular. And its really not my problem if you think a unix has to be mono..thats just wrong and you know it.
I would argue MINIX is the most popular… as it runs in every Intel CPU.