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Minix, not being as 'real world' as the BSD's or Linux, is even more readable, if you're just interested in a quick glance at how an OS works.


From Minix' site: MINIX 1 and 2 were intended as teaching tools; MINIX 3 adds the new goal of being usable as a serious system on resource-limited and embedded computers and for applications requiring high reliability.

Is Minix 3 still readable, or do you recommend Minix 2?


Good question. My experience was with Minix 2: I needed a floppy driver to weld on to eCos, and Minix's was by far the easiest to deal with. I haven't looked at Minix 3.


Minix3 has comments galore, but seems plagued by one/two letter variable names like 'c' and 'ip'




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