====== Download ======

===== Official releases - x86 - CD images =====

Trying MINIX 3 is easy. You just download the compressed CD image file, decompress it, and burn it to a CD-ROM. This CD is a live CD. You can boot your computer from it and a few seconds later you log in as root. You do not have to install MINIX 3 to the hard disk to test it. If you decide you want to install it, you then have to create a hard disk partition for it (1GB to do anything useful) and start the live CD again and run setup. Please note that on x86, MINIX3 **does not support USB** at all (yet!). Proceed as follows:

  * Read the [[:usersguide:doinginstallation|installation guide]].
  * If you do not know how to partition a hard disk, print and read this short [[:usersguide:diskpartitions|tutorial]].
  * Please take our [[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17k6HAj8_w91OzYzS-CfYt6FtdGZlLFEw2MYLWoIGLHo/viewform?usp=send_form|short survey]] after installing 3.3.0.

^ Version		 ^ Medium ^ Image								   ^ Image Torrent								     ^  md5sum			     |
| 3.3.0 (stable release) | CD-ROM | [[http://download.minix3.org/iso/minix_R3.3.0-588a35b.iso.bz2|288 MB]] | [[http://download.minix3.org/iso/minix_R3.3.0-588a35b.iso.bz2.torrent|torrent]] | ''3234ffcebfb2a28069cf3def41c95dec'' |
| 3.2.1 (previous)	 | CD-ROM | [[http://download.minix3.org/iso/minix_R3.2.1-972156d.iso.bz2|256 MB]] | [[http://download.minix3.org/iso/minix_R3.2.1-972156d.iso.bz2.torrent|torrent]] | ''4c91ba7822cfa441d27755a7e7c4711d'' |

  * Decompress the downloaded file to get a .iso file and the Installation guide (same as above).
  * Burn this bootable CD-image file to a CD-ROM.
  * Reboot the computer with the CD-ROM device and follow the instructions in the installation guide.
  * If you are using **VirtualBox** and have trouble booting the system, follow the instructions [[usersguide:runningonvirtualbox#install_issue_no_hardware_acceleration|here]].

===== Official releases - ARM - SD card images =====

We have prebuilt images.

  * 3.3.0 BBXM [[http://www.minix3.org/download/minix_arm_sd_bbxm-3.3.0.img.bz2|image]]
  * 3.3.0 Beaglebone black & beaglebone white [[http://www.minix3.org/download/minix_arm_sd_beaglebones-3.3.0.img.bz2|image]]

To crossbuild for ARM, [[:developersguide:minixonarm|see here]] to see all the steps.

===== Development snapshots =====

Development snapshots are available at the [[http://download.minix3.org/iso/snapshot/|dev snapshots]] page.

===== Previous Versions =====

For older versions of MINIX, please see the [[.:previousversions|previous versions]] page.

===== Known bugs =====

For a list of known bugs in releases, see the [[https://github.com/Stichting-MINIX-Research-Foundation/minix/issues|known bugs list]].