For those unaware, Oracle laid off ~ all Solaris tech staff yesterday in a classic silent EOL of the product. https://t.co/ibs2REGRmj
— Simon Phipps (@webmink) September 2, 2017
Tag: operating systems
Linux Inside – A book-in-progress about the Linux kernel and its internals
“Linux Inside” is a book-in-progress about the Linux kernel and its internals. Â You can read it online or download as a PDF. Â It’s also available in several languages. Â Some of the things that you’ll find inside are:
- The boot process
- Initialization
- Interrupts
- System calls
- Timers and time management
- Synchronization primitives
- Memory management
- SMP
- Data structures in the Linux kernel
- … and more.
Julia’s Drawings on Programming
Julia Evans, who blogs about her programming endeavors, now also draws simple, note-like sketches on a variety of the computer and programming related subjects. Â Those are great as kick memory refreshers or reminders for “I wanted to learn more about that” kind of things. Â Here’s her take on pipes, for example:
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Linux boot process
Here is a quick overview of the Linux Boot Process, if you are a little rusty.  After all, it’s not every day that you need to look into, troubleshoot or adjust the boot process of a Linux box.  This might come handy before your next SysAdmin job interview too.
Computer Science from the Bottom Up
Computer Science from the Bottom Up — A free, online book designed to teach computer science from the bottom end up. Topics covered include binary and binary logic, operating systems internals, toolchain fundamentals and system library fundamentals.