page_title: MINIX
section_title: Minix 2.0
hierarchical_section_title: MINIX / Implementation / Minix 2.0
caption_attribution_description: English: MINIX 2.0.4 running in DOSBox. Listing files and other shell interaction.
context_page_description: Minix is a POSIX-compliant, Unix-like operating system based on a microkernel architecture.
  Early versions of MINIX were created by Andrew S. Tanenbaum for educational purposes. Starting with MINIX 3, the primary aim of development shifted from education to the creation of a highly reliable and self-healing microkernel OS. MINIX is now developed as open-source software.
  MINIX was first released in 1987, with its complete source code made available to universities for study in courses and research. It has been free and open-source software since it was re-licensed under the BSD license in April 2000.
context_section_description: Demand for the 68k-based architectures waned, however, and MINIX 2.0, released in 1997, was only available for the x86 and Solaris-hosted SPARC architectures.  It was the subject of the second edition of Tanenbaum's textbook, cowritten with Albert Woodhull and was distributed on a CD-ROM included with the book. MINIX 2.0 added POSIX.1 compliance, support for 386 and later processors in 32-bit mode and replaced the Amoeba network protocols included in MINIX 1.5 with a TCP/IP stack.
caption: MINIX 2.0.4 shell interaction
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