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MINIX 3 is a small, modular, multiserver operating system aimed at being highly reliable,
fault tolerant and self healing. Only about 5000 lines of code run in kernel mode. The rest runs as a collection of user processes, mostly separate processes for each device driver and server. If a driver fails, it is automatically replaced by a fresh copy, without user intervention (or even knowledge) and without affecting running programs. Few other systems can survive fatal errors in some critical system components without even missing a beat.
The goal of reliable systems will have been achieved when no computer has a RESET button and no user has ever experienced a crash and does not know anyone personally who has ever experienced a crash.
MINIX 3 supports the POSIX interface and about 500 of the standard UNIX programs have been ported to it, including X11, gcc, perl, python, ghostview, mplayer, the GNU core utilities,
and many more. There is also a a simple GUI (EDE). Nevertheless
