Ask HN: Good hobby OS recommendations for learning

2 pointsinsky11y ago1 comments

I've heard of Minix as a tool for learning about operating system design.

Which OS is a recommended for study purposes? As in operating system design and architecture.

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kjs311y ago

Minix is good, though something like xv6 is smaller these days. MIT uses it as their toy OS for undergrads.

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2 pointsinsky11y ago1 comments

I've heard of Minix as a tool for learning about operating system design.

Which OS is a recommended for study purposes? As in operating system design and architecture.

kjs311y ago

Minix is good, though something like xv6 is smaller these days. MIT uses it as their toy OS for undergrads.

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