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I am not saying it's a good idea, but you have Minix (multi-user Unix, it can even compile itself) in (all?) Intel 64 bit chipsets.
by jacobush 8y ago
I am not saying it's a good idea, but you have Minix (multi-user Unix, it can even compile itself) in (all?) Intel 64 bit chipsets.
- cat199 8y agoThis comment is misinformed. Unix has always been multi user, and has always (aside from earliest days before anyone heard of it) been able to compile itself. Minix does not stand for multi-user Unix. https://www.levenez.com/unix/ https://www.levenez.com/unix/ https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Distributions/Research/Documentation/v6_setup.html https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Distributions/Research/Document...
- tom_ 8y agoThe reference is presumably to Intel's use of Minix in its CPUs - see, e.g., https://www.zdnet.com/article/minix-intels-hidden-in-chip-operating-system/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/minix-intels-hidden-in-chip-op... - as an example of a place where a multi-user OS (that can compile itself...) might be used for what might seem like an embedded-type application.