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Operating System Design and Implementation

Official Documentation

  • Linux Kernel Documentation
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  • FreeBSD Documentation
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  • ReactOS Documentation
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  • seL4 Microkernel Documentation
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Research Papers

  • "Exokernel: An Operating System Architecture for Application-Level Resource Management" by Dawson R. Engler et al. (1995)
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  • "The Performance of µ-Kernel-Based Systems" by Härtig et al. (1997)
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  • "Singularity: Rethinking the Software Stack" by Galen C. Hunt and James R. Larus (2007)
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Additional Online Resources

  • OSDev.org
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  • The Little Book About OS Development
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  • Writing a Simple Operating System from Scratch
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Books

  • "Operating Systems: Design and Implementation" by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Albert S. Woodhull
  • ISBN: 0131429388
  • A comprehensive guide to OS design and implementation, using MINIX as a case study.
  • "Modern Operating Systems" by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Herbert Bos
  • ISBN: 013359162X
  • Covers both the principles and practice of modern operating systems design.
  • "Operating System Concepts" by Abraham Silberschatz, Peter B. Galvin, and Greg Gagne
  • ISBN: 1118063333
  • Provides a comprehensive overview of operating system concepts and design.
  • "The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System" by Marshall Kirk McKusick et al.
  • ISBN: 0321968972
  • Offers an in-depth look at the design and implementation of the FreeBSD operating system.

Standards

  • POSIX (IEEE 1003.1-2017)
  • Defines the standard operating system interface and environment
  • Single UNIX Specification
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  • Extends POSIX standards to include additional APIs for a standard Unix-like operating system

Online Courses

  • MIT 6.828: Operating System Engineering
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  • CS 162: Operating Systems and Systems Programming at UC Berkeley
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  • Udacity: Introduction to Operating Systems
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  • edX: Computer Science 162, 001: Operating Systems and System Programming
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  • Coursera: Operating Systems and You: Becoming a Power User
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Video Tutorials

  • Operating Systems: Crash Course Computer Science
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  • Operating System Basics
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  • How to Make an Operating System
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GitHub Repositories

  • The Linux Kernel
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  • xv6, a simple Unix-like teaching operating system
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  • ToaruOS, a hobby operating system
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Forums and Communities

  • Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces
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  • OS Dev Forums
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  • Reddit: r/osdev
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