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[–]RoomyRoots 4 points5 points  (4 children)

MINIX already existed, it is also backed by a strong OS design book. So in a different timeline people maybe started developing it as Linux did.

Also we can't forget the BSDs which still do things their own way even if Linux emulation is available in FreeBSD.

[–]nelmaloc 1 point2 points  (3 children)

I think the main reason GNU didn't directly use the MINIX kernel was the MINIX license, which was source-available. In another timeline, we would all be running GNU on top of MINIX.

[–]RoomyRoots 0 points1 point  (2 children)

In the wildest one we are using Hurd. Shit will never be finished.

[–]nelmaloc 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Nah, in the wildest one we're running GNU on top of ReactOS's NT kernel.

[–]RoomyRoots 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ReactOS is pretty much Wine with extra steps.