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Intel uses a specialized version of Minix 3 for its Intel Management Engine in every CPU it released since 2008, so technically, it is the most installed OS. h
by Zuider 3y ago
Intel uses a specialized version of Minix 3 for its Intel Management Engine in every CPU it released since 2008, so technically, it is the most installed OS.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/hardware/intels-secret-cpu-on-chip-management-engine-me-runs-on-minix-os/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/hardware/intels-secret...
- Accujack 3y agoNot even close. Even if Minix had been installed on every single management card on every computer Intel made from then to now, that number is utterly dwarfed by the number of systems with an installed Linux kernel. That's because in addition to its use as a server and desktop OS, the Linux kernel is the core of the Android distributions that almost every non apple smart phone uses today. Also set top boxes, tablets, watches, and even many smart TVs and Blu Ray players have a copy of Android.
- withinboredom 3y agoThe Linux kernel is a kernel, not an OS. Even if my set-top-box is running some flavor of Android, it looks nothing like my phone or anything else, thus I would classify it as a different OS -- even if the underlying code is based on Android.
- programmer_dude 3y agoAnd Minix 3 is an OS?
- paride5745 3y agoYes, full OS with its own microkernel and NetBSD-forked userland.
- KptMarchewa 3y agoWhat's the point of nitpicking userland if we're concerned with processor build-in management engines?
- paride5745 3y agoMinix3 was born as a full OS, not a management engine. What Intel really did with the code, nobody really knows.
- sgt 3y agoDoes Intel bundle all the userland tools?
- mattl 3y agoDoes it need to?
- programmer_dude 3y agoIs it an OS if there is no userland?
- mattl 3y agoAs long as there's init, or something to boot into, sure.
- withinboredom 3y agoI'd be really curious why there are downvotes, mostly for the discussion.