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{{double image|right|AndrewTanenbaum2.png|130|Linus Torvalds cropped.jpeg|150|[[Andrew S. Tanenbaum]] (left), author of the [[MINIX]] operating system, and [[Linus Torvalds]] (right), principal author of the [[Linux kernel]]}}
[[MINIX]] is an inexpensive minimal [[Unix-like]] operating system, designed for education in computer science, written by [[Andrew S. Tanenbaum]]. Starting with [[MINIX 3|version 3]] in 2005, MINIX has become [[free software|free]], and redesigned for "serious" use.
In 1991 while attending the [[University of Helsinki]], Torvalds became curious about operating systems<ref>{{cite newsgroup | title = What would you like to see most in minix? | newsgroup = comp.os.minix | id = 1991Aug25.205708.9541@klaava.Helsinki.FI | url = http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.minix/msg/b813d52cbc5a044b | last = Torvalds | first = Linus | accessdate =9 September 2006 }}</ref> and frustrated by the licensing of MINIX, which limited it to educational use only. He began to work on his own operating system which eventually became the [[Linux kernel]].
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