New MINIX release for x86 and ARM is BSD compatible

Andrew Tanenbaum has announced the release of MINIX 3.3.0, a major new release of the OS. "It is based on a tiny (13 KLoC) microkernel with the operating system running as a set of protected user-mode processes. Each device driver is also a separate process. If a driver fails, it is automatically and transparently restarted without rebooting and without applications even noticing, making the system self-healing. In addition to the x86, the ARM Cortex A8 is now supported, with ports to the BeagleBoard and BeagleBone available. Finally, the entire userland has been redone to make it NetBSD compatible, with thousands of NetBSDpackages available out of the box."

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