Minix comes with the source code, so you can change anything you like by making the change and then recompiling the code.

Minix: Monolitic, rendezvous method (messages passing), layers, device controllers,

Unix, MINIX

MINIX (short for Minimal Unix) is a Unix-like operating system written by Andrew Tanenbaum. It was originally created to teach microkernel programming to university students.

The main advantage of Windows 2000 over Minix 3 is that because of its popularity, Windows 2000 provides support for a wider range of software. However, like most strains of Linux, Minix 3 is more immune against computer virus attacks.