From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: epicblood@gmail.com (Joris Bolsens)
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2015 10:07:19 -0700
Subject: Learning things
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In that case do you have any general recommendations? Or is there some
sort of project that covers most of the basics? I learn best by doing
and most stuff I found online goes pretty slow and is a bit boring :/

Thanks a ton

On 04/06/2015 10:02 AM, Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Apr 2015 10:43:46 -0700, Joris Bolsens said:
> 
>> I'm working on trying to teach myself C and was wondering if you
>> had any kernel specific recommendations.
> 
> Don't bother trying until you have an actual good working knowledge
> of C.
> 
> Work in userspace where your screw-ups just take the process out,
> not the entire system, until stuff like a SIGSEGV becomes a rarity.
> *THEN* start considering kernel work.
> 
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