Learning things

[malte.vesper@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk (Malte Vesper)]

On 07/04/15 05:06, Anupam Kapoor wrote:
>>>>>> [2015-04-07T00:08:10+0530]: "Mike Thompson" (mike-thompson):
> ,----[ mike-thompson ]
> | As others mention, using the Linux kernel to come up to speed with C is the
> | wrong approach.  If you have a strong desire to learn kernel programming
> | concepts while coming up to speed on C, I would suggest getting the latest
> | book on Xinu, buying an Intel Galileo board and working your way through
> | that book.  Xinu is what I cut my teeth on 25 years ago and I remember it
> | being a terrific learning environment.  Xinu is not Linux (or Unix), but
> | for starting at the ground level all the concepts will map over when you
> | are ready to tackle Linux kernel work.
> |
> | Information for Xinu can be found here: http://www.xinu.cs.purdue.edu/
> `----
> or there is always xv6 (http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2014/) which
> might be useful...
>
There is also OS161 or Plan9, these should be enough names to search for 
comparisons or discussions on the OS's to help you pick one.