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Re:Ask HN: Best textbooks for learning operating systems by Antonio123123 on Friday February 15, 2019 @11:09AM (#19171996)
Operating Systems Design & Implementation

The book is about MINIX operating system, a operating system without hacks, to showcase the concepts.

Linux is a fork from MINIX.

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Re:Ask HN: Best textbooks for learning operating systems by stuxnet79 on Saturday February 16, 2019 @11:03PM (#19182619)
> Linux is a fork from MINIX.

This is false. Linux kernel even in the early stages didn't share any code with MINIX. MINIX had a restrictive license and this was partly why Linus decided to roll his own OS kernel.

Further, the two OSs differ fundamentally from an architecture standpoint (microkernel vs monolithic kernel).

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