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MINIX 3 VS XNU

Compare MINIX 3 VS XNU and see what are their differences

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MINIX 3 logo MINIX 3

MINIX 3 is a free, open-source, operating system designed to be highly reliable, flexible, and...

XNU logo XNU

XNU is a hybrid kernel combining the Mach kernel with components from FreeBSD and C++
  • MINIX 3 Landing page
    Landing page //
    2019-08-21
  • XNU Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-01-12

MINIX 3

Categories
  • Linux
  • Linux Distribution
  • Operating Systems
  • Open Source
Website minix3.org
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XNU

Categories
  • Linux
  • Linux Distribution
  • Operating Systems
  • Open Source
Website opensource.apple.com
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MINIX 3 videos

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Andrew Tanenbaum - MINIX 3: A Reliable and Secure Operating System - Codemotion Rome 2015

More videos:

  • Review - Minix 3.4 hacking Windows 10

XNU videos

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Great News For JAILBREAK: Apple Open-Sourced The iOS (XNU) Kernel

More videos:

  • Review - [CB18] Smart Fuzzing XPC & XNU by Juwei Lin, Lilang Wu, Moony Li

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to MINIX 3 and XNU)

MINIX 3

XNU

Linux
25 25%
Linux
75% 75
Operating Systems
46 46%
Operating Systems
54% 54
Linux Distribution
48 48%
Linux Distribution
52% 52
Open Source
100 100%
Open Source
0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, XNU seems to be a lot more popular than MINIX 3. While we know about 46 links to XNU, we've tracked only 1 mention of MINIX 3. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

MINIX 3 mentions (1)

  • How to write an os
    Sometimes, copying from existing operating systems (especially pedagogical ones) is a good places to start: Nachos, Minix (esp paired with Tanenbaum's OS book), Xv6, or ToyOS might be good reference material for you. Source: almost 2 years ago

XNU mentions (46)

  • ScummVM officially released in the App Store
    > ...even though they are technically in violation of the GPL by modifying and shipping bash binaries without full source - it is missing rootless.h (not the X11 file) They're not. They've covered this in two main ways: 1) By listing all their source code on https://opensource.apple.com/ (which links to their GitHub with all the source code) 2) By offering a complete machine-readable copy of the source code upon... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago
  • macOS 13.5 source code released
    The XNU kernel has been open source for a very long time. https://opensource.apple.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XNU Note that this is not the full operating system/windowing system, it's just the kernel. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago
  • Apple’s new Proton-like tool can run Windows games on a Mac
    Apple does plenty of open source stuff. Safari's browser engine, Swift, libdispatch, the XNU kernel used by iOS and macOS, etc. And macOS is generally packed with open source things, like the default shell, zsh. Also, Metal actually predates Vulkan, so Vulkan was definitely not established when they started focusing on Metal. Yeah, they probably should consider supporting Vulkan now, but it's nothing to do with... Source: 11 months ago
  • DirectX 12 Support on macOS
    It's still not a great thing to do. Apple used to contribute a lot more, even if some of their stuff was exclusive to their platform. https://opensource.apple.com. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago
  • [D] ClosedAI license, open-source license which restricts only OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, and Meta from commercial use
    Everything that includes copyleft code is open source. You can see https://opensource.apple.com for a full list. Source: 12 months ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing MINIX 3 and XNU, you can also consider the following products

FreeBSD - FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible (including Pentium® and Athlon™)...

Linux kernel - The Linux kernel is the operating system kernel used by the Linux family of Unix-like operating...

GNU Hurd - GNU Hurd (usually referred to as the Hurd) is a computer operating system kernel designed as a...

Linux-libre - Linux-libre is a GNU package that is maintained from modified versions of the Linux kernel.

Arch Linux - You've reached the website for Arch Linux, a lightweight and flexible Linux® distribution that tries to Keep It Simple. Currently we have official packages optimized for the x86-64 architecture.

Ubuntu - Ubuntu is a Debian Linux-based open source operating system for desktop computers.

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