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Top Forums Programming Learning OS design, Linux Vs. Minix??? Post 302598380 by gabam on Tuesday 14th of February 2012 09:04:15 AM
Old 02-14-2012
Learning OS design, Linux Vs. Minix???

Hi friends,
I hope everybody is fine. I have been studing operating system concepts at college, and I find this subject very interesting. I've decided that I must go into this field no matter what, hopefully someday I would design my own operating system. I have two choices infront of me, studying the kernel of MINIX or studying the kernel of Linux or one of the bsd's. I have heard that linux is a monolithic kernel consisting of millions of lines of code, I don't think it would suit me. On the other hand, minix3 contains no more than 6000 lines of code. What do you guys think, which route should I follow?
The author of minix, andrew tanenbaum has written a book specifically about the minix3 operating system, so it is also a plus point for minix
Looking forward to your wonderful replies.
Thanks in advance
 

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