Operating Systems (312-310)

Links to supplementary articles

Interesting Links

• My powerpoint slides.
• Slides from Deitel's book on C programming.
• Slides from the Silberschatz book.

• Concrete Architecture of the Linux Kernel A description of how the Linux Kernel is put together. A good overview for systems programming as well as kernel hacking.
• Linux Source Code home page. Contains all the files included with the Linux source code. Also contains documentation about the source code including documentation on the /proce file system.
• Man pages. Just in case you need some more.
• Linux FAQs. Frequently asked questions with answers.
• Linux HowTos. The Linux HOWTOs are detailed "how to" documents on specific subjects.
• The Linux Documentation Project Guides . The Linux Documentation Project (LDP) is working on developing good, reliable documentation for the Linux operating system. The overall goal of the LDP is to collaborate in taking care of all of the issues of Linux documentation, ranging from online documentation (man pages, HTML, and so on) to printed manuals covering topics such as installing, using, and running Linux.

• C tutorials. A page that contains many links to C programming tutorials.
• DES. The government website that describes the data encryption standard.
• The ZFS file system. A modern file system used in Solaris (and rumored to be ported to OS X).

• The Sun Java Site. Has links to the JDK as well as examples of various applets.

• Java Tutorial. This is an online version of a good Java book published by Addison Wesley. Note in particular the chapter on Threads.

• Synchronizing Threads in Java. An article in the Java World magazine on sychronization.

• Plan 9 from Bell Labs (the UNIX successor)

• The Plan 9 OS wiki entry. Information about this advanced operating system from Bell Labs.
• Information about GNU Hurd (the GNU OS based on Mach).

• An article on old 32-bit OSes.

Last updated on 30 Apr 2006 by John Barr