page_title: MINIX
hierarchical_section_title: MINIX
caption_attribution_description: English: The login screen to Minix Version 3.1.8
context_page_description: MINIX is a Unix-like computer operating system based on a microkernel 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 BSD license, MINIX is free and open source.
context_section_description: MINIX is a Unix-like computer operating system based on a microkernel 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 BSD license, MINIX is free and open source.
caption: The MINIX 3.1.8 boot screen
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