Microkernels

Posted Sep 15, 2008 0:47 UTC (Mon) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458)
In reply to: Microkernels by mlankhorst
Parent article: System calls and rootkits

No, Linux is not based on Minix (which is a microkernel, by the way). Linux was written according to published Unix design.

This common misconception is due to Linus running Minix for 386 while developing Linux. Fortunately, when Linus fat-fingered and killed his Minix, Linux was already far enough along to fight it on its own.