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Best Advanced Linux Kernel Training?

Posted by kdawson on from the those-who-teach dept.

hdxia writes "Can anybody recommend a good Linux kernel training course? I have had some Linux kernel hacking experience, but would like to further harden and improve my understanding of the kernel. I expect the course would be advanced. You may say that the best method would be to dig into the kernel myself, but I really want to have a chance to discuss and learn all aspects of the kernel with an experienced instructor."

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  1. obligatory? by feld · · Score: 2, Funny

    RTFM

    there, now everybody should feel at home

    seriously though, it would be cool if this was offered at major universities. but you'd need knowledgable instructors and they'd be hard to come by.

    1. Re:obligatory? by jc42 · · Score: 2, Funny

      the computer doesn't want any beer, no matter how much you think it does. NEVER, EVER feed your computer beer.

      OTOH, when it asks for a cookie, you often find that you have to go along with the request, or the thing you tried to do just won't work quite right.

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    2. Re:obligatory? by ozmanjusri · · Score: 3, Funny
      Kernel hacking is taught at major universities

      Yes, I understand there's a professor Tannenbaum at the Vrije University in the Netherlands who will discuss the Linux kernel in depth, if you ask him.

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    3. Re:obligatory? by nacturation · · Score: 2, Funny

      But if you give your computer a cookie, it's going to ask for a glass of milk... And that explains why some people look at breasts all day on their computers?
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    4. Re:obligatory? by yada21 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Back when it was all diallup, the interweb was a series of straws.

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    5. Re:obligatory? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      > And that explains why some people look at breasts all day on their computers?

      breasts are great and all, but after viewing say, 1000 in a single sitting, the novelty wears off!

    6. Re:obligatory? by Wooloomooloo · · Score: 2, Funny

      If you mean "novelty" as in "the palm of the hand", you might have a point.

  2. Harden ones understanding? by mr_stinky_britches · · Score: 1, Funny

    How exactly would one 'harden' ones understanding? Sounds wacky.. or tacky ..

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    1. Re:Harden ones understanding? by Frogbert · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sounds wacky.. or tacky .. As opposed to your sig?
    2. Re:Harden ones understanding? by mr_stinky_britches · · Score: 2, Funny

      As opposed to your sig?

      Precisely!

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  3. Umm, we're programmers by QuantumG · · Score: 3, Funny

    We don't get training. Unless it is in how to use revision control systems or avoid sexual harassment lawsuits.

    Compare this with, say, a DBA or a network engineer. They get training which is actually relevant to their job.

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  4. Reads like a mailinglist posting by some H1B by Gothmolly · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hello all, please give me, a foreign consultant with no work experience but an H1B visa, all your knowledge and a step by step instruction on how to do your job, so that I can displace you in yours, since your boss only looks at buzzwords on a resume anyways.
    I await your full attention to this matter,
    Samir Nagheenanajar

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  5. rule number 1: get the name right by Karma+Sucks · · Score: 2, Funny

    First of all, it's GNU/Linux kernel not Linux kernel... I remember reading something about this and why getting the name right is important but can't find the link anymore. Cheers!

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    1. Re:rule number 1: get the name right by dhasenan · · Score: 3, Funny

      Whoosh.

    2. Re:rule number 1: get the name right by dbIII · · Score: 2, Funny
      Many people will not spot the joke so I will point out that linux is not a gnu project.

      There was a move a few years ago to get distributions of linux, gnu tools, X windows and other bits renamed to LiGnuX to draw attention the the gnu project. This wasn't taken seriously so later there was a move to put a gnu prefix on before linux in the name of distributions - only Debian took it up as far as I know. Newbies that missed the point also started putting gnu in front of any reference to a distribution containing linux and then any reference to linux at all.