Minix 3.1.6 Released!

The Minix project has released a new stable version of the operating system. The release 3.1.6 was made public yesterday. Minix Wiki lists the following major features for the release:
  • New drivers: Atheros L2, Intel E1000, Realtek 8169, DEC Tulip
  • VirtualPC Network Support (DEC Tulip)
  • PipeFS - removed pipe handling from filesystem drivers
  • HGFS - support for mounting VMware shared folders as file system
  • FPU support
  • System Event Framework (SEF)
  • Experimental APIC support (disabled by default)
  • More ports: more recent QEMU, BSD utilities, Benchmarks
Download the image from here. If you are interested in Minix, you should also have a look at the Minix section in the Lightweight Linux Bookstore!

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