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On comp.os.linux.misc, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

> On 2011-02-06, Sidney Lambe <evergreen@alt.religion.wicca>
> wrote:
>
>> On comp.os.linux.misc, Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Near the bottom of the list is 'comp.os.xinu'. XINU is a
>>> 'toy' UNIX-ish operating system and is mostly useful as a
>>> system to study if one is interested in learning just how a
>>> *UNIX* flavored kernel works. Eg. before one 'dives' into the
>>> Linux kernel (read: "deep end"), one can look at xinu (read:
>>> "kiddie pool" / "shallow end"). Why all of the mess windows
>>> groups have been 'lumped' with the few others is strange (to
>>> me).
>>
>> That does sound useful. I gather it's better for this purpose
>> than minix....??
>
> No, it's just a from a book by a different author aimed at
> the same target audience. Xinu was written by Doug Comer and
> presenting in his OS textbook, and Minix was written by Andrew
> Tannenbaum and presenting in his OS textbook. I think Minix
> was probably the more popular and more recently updated of the
> two, but I though Comer's book was excellent. IIRC Xinu is more
> of a traditional Unix kernel architecture as opposed to the
> micro-kernel approach adopted by recent versions of Minix.
>
> The Xinu books:

http://www.amazon.com/Operating-System-Design-XINU-Approach/dp/0136375391/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1297028954&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Operating-System-Design-Vol-Internetworking/dp/013637414X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1297028954&sr=1-2

> The Minux book:

http://www.amazon.com/Operating-Systems-Design-Implementation-3rd/dp/0131429388/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297029016&sr=1-1

Thanks, Grant. Like I told Robert, I'm pretty sure something like
this is over my head. But I might order one of them to curl
up with on a rainy day and blow my mind.

Sid

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Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2011-02-06 14:13 -0600
  Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2011-02-06 23:25 +0000
    Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) - 2011-02-08 13:38 +0000
      Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2011-02-08 22:53 +0000
  Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-02-06 21:53 +0000
    Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Sidney Lambe <evergreen@alt.religion.wicca> - 2011-02-07 00:32 +0100
  Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2011-02-06 15:14 -0600
    Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Sidney Lambe <evergreen@alt.religion.wicca> - 2011-02-07 00:32 +0100
  Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Sidney Lambe <evergreen@alt.religion.wicca> - 2011-02-06 21:55 +0100

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