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> Minix 3 is a true microkernel, and is currently a popular niche OS Isn't it the most widely deployed operating system in the world? It's embedded in basical
by VWWHFSfQ 6y ago
> Minix 3 is a true microkernel, and is currently a popular niche OS
Isn't it the most widely deployed operating system in the world? It's embedded in basically every Intel CPU
- atombender 6y agoTrue!
- teho 6y agoThis keeps getting repeated, but I don’t understand how that would lead to it being the most popular OS there is. There is way more embedded systems than there is Intel CPUs on the market and they often run Linux. Android phones are sold more than four times the amount of PCs a year. I’d assume that most Intel CPUs are deployed in the data centers... that run Linux.
- atombender 6y agoBut they said "widely deployed", not "popular". No one is claiming Minix is the most popular OS in the world.
- VWWHFSfQ 6y agobut the cpus deployed in datacenters also run minix. even the ones running linux. or windows
- ardacinar 6y agoWhat about the ones that are on fridges?
- teho 6y agoYeah, but the point was that there is without a doubt more Linux instances running on ARM than there is Intel CPUs in total. Then even from the Intel processors that do have Minix, a sizable amount is running Linux. Therefore Minix can’t be nearly as widely used as Linux.
- zucker42 6y agoThere are far more phones than desktops, and far more desktops than servers, so I doubt it. Especially if you count by OS instance (counting VMs) rather than by machine.