MINIX, a Unix-like logical order intended for academic use, was released by Andrew S. Tanenbaum in 1987. While source code for the logical order was available, modification and redistribution were restricted (that is not the case today). In addition, MINIX's 16-bit composition was not well adapted to the 32-bit design of the deliberately cheap and hep Intel 386 architecture for personal computers.

• Linux can be controlled by odd or further of a text-based command line interface (CLI), graphical user interface (GUI) (usually the default for desktop), or through controls on the device itself Linux Support (common on embedded machines).