Minix Team

New ports: Links, an advanced text-based www browser, and also Links-2, a version of links that displays webpages in an X window. Some screenshots of it in action: As yet, they're only compiled for the 'current' version of minix, and they aren't in the 3.1.2a packman list yet.

New port: A message transfer agent, Exim.

New port: Equinox Desktop Environment (and supporting libraries).

New port: ImageMagick (and supporting libraries).

A number of new publications about MINIX 3 have been added to the DOCUMENTATION page

Apache has been ported. You can see it on the software page, and retrieve it using packman. The tracking 'current' page has been updated for subversion. The 'current' version of minix (in the subversion repository) contains a preliminary version of the VFS code, and the system profiling code.

A ready-to-run Minix 3.1.2a for VMware Player is available from the VMware page.

Ingmar Alting has ported MINIX 3 to the PowerPC Platform. His Masters thesis is now available on the DOCUMENTATION page. We are integrating it into the main system.

We've switched from CVS to Subversion for the MINIX source and ports repositories. There are fully fledged ports for the Subversion client and server for MINIX. The MINIX source project page can be found here: https://gforge.cs.vu.nl/projects/minix/ from where you can currently only browse the

There is an article about MINIX 3 on OSnews.com today.

Balasz Gerofi's masters thesis on a VFS for MINIX 3 is available now. When we have integrated the code, it will become a permanent part of the system.

After the long summer break, more should be happening on the MINIX 3 front soon. One upcoming development is a very nice set of performance measuring tools. A Masters thesis describing the tools is now available now. The software itself will be available soon.

We now have FLTK, the Fast Light Tool Kit, a nice little graphics package. You can get it using: easypack fltk-1.1.7

A new version of X11R6 has been posted, which includes the gcc versions of the X libraries. They are installed in the /usr/X11R6-gcc/ root, i.e., in /usr/X11R6-gcc/lib .

There is a guide for updating your MINIX system to 'current' with CVS (a 'source upgrade'): tracking 'current'. A recent change to packman makes it aware of Minix versions, which is important for backwards compatability if something in the Minix ABI changes. (This only happens as a last resort though.

The first public version of the g++ port is ready and available through packman (network package). g++ does require fixes that went into MINIX 3.1.2a. It is available now on the download page.

The first graphical program for MINIX 3, xv, is now available on the SOFTWARE page. This program can be used to view photos and other JPEG and similar files. This milestone (which depends on X), marks the start of transition from text-only to a more graphical user experience.

Ivan Kelly has ported MINIX 3 to Xen. His report and the code are listed on the DOCUMENTATION page or here.

MINIX 3.1.2 is available.

A second public beta of MINIX 3.1.2, called 3.1.2-B3, is available. See the Experimental Versions page for the download and more information.

There hasn't been much news lately but we are hard at work on version 3.1.2. There is now some information on the Experimental Versions page. Among other features, it will have X Windows and much more.

The setup manual is now available in HTML so it can be read in a Web browser (in addition to the PS and PDF versions). Anyone planning to translate it into another language using the Latin alphabet should copy this version and edit it, keeping the HTML markup.

The FAQ is now available in the following languages: Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Russian, and Spanish. Some other documents have also been translated. They are all linked to the DOCUMENTATION page. Additional translations are definitely welcome. Please start with the original and edit it to preserve the HTML

German and Korean versions of the FAQ are now on the DOCUMENTATION page. Additional translations of the FAQ and setup guide are welcome. If you translate an HTML file, please copy and edit the English one to keep the appearance the same.

The MINIX 3 FAQ and installation guide are now available in Italian on the DOCUMENTATION page. Translations to other languages are welcome.