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MINIX 3

A free, open-source operating system designed to be highly reliable, flexible, and secure

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MINIX 3 is a free, open-source operating system designed for high reliability, flexibility, and security. Its architecture places a tiny microkernel in kernel mode, with the remainder of the operating system running as separate, protected user-mode processes. It runs on x86 and ARM CPUs, is compatible with NetBSD, and supports thousands of NetBSD packages.

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