What is MINIX?
{{redlinks|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox OS | name = MINIX | logo = | screenshot = Minix3.1.8.PNG | caption = The MINIX 3.1.8 [[Booting|boot]] screen | developer = [[Andrew S. Tanenbaum]] | source model = [[Open source]] (originally [[Commercial open source software|COSS]], now [[FOSS]]) | kernel type = [[Microkernel]] | supported_platforms = [[IBM PC|PC]], [[IBM PC/AT|PC/AT]], [[IBM PS/2|PS/2]], [[Motorola 68000]], [[SPARC]], [[Atari ST]], [[Commodore Amiga]], [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]], [[SPARCstation]], [[Intel 386]], [[IBM PC compatible|PC compatible]]s, [[NS320xx|NS32532]], [[ARM architecture|ARM]] and [[INMOS]] [[transputer]] | ui = [[Command line interface]] ([[Almquist shell|ash]]) | family = [[Unix-like]] | released = | latest release version = 3.2.1 | latest release date = {{release date|2013|02|21}} | latest test version = 3.2.1 | latest test date = - | marketing target = [[Teaching]] (v1, v2) <br/> [[embedded system]]s (v3) | programmed in = [[C (programming language)|C]] | prog language = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], [[FORTRAN]], [[Modula-2]], [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]], [[Perl]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]] | language = [[English language|English]] | updatemodel = | package manager = | working state = Current | license = Originally [[Proprietary software|proprietary]], [[BSD license]] since 2000 | website = {{url|http://www.minix3.org}} }} '''MINIX''' is a [[Unix-like]] computer [[operating system]] based on a [[microkernel]] [[Software architecture|architecture]]. [[Andrew S. Tanenbaum]] wrote the operating system so it could be used for educational purposes; MINIX also helped [[Linus Torvalds]] design the [[Linux kernel]]. Its name comes from the words ''minimal'' and ''Unix''. Released under the [[B