Thanks Larry! I'll get hold of the book asap! On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:00 PM, <ow...@netptc.net> wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From: *rishabh animesh <rishabh.anim...@gmail.com> > *To: *debian-user@lists.debian.org > *Sent: *4/12/2011 11:41:13 AM > *Subject: *New to Linux > > Hello People, > > I am new to Linux and Debian. Whats the best way to start on things? > Currently I'm a Computer Science student and have experience only with > algorithms! Comfortable with C/C++ > but willing to learn more to help me get started with the OS mentioned > above! > > I need suggestions on projects I can participate in considering I am just a > noob in this. > > I have experiences with the Search Technology. I have also created a forum > to promote programming among my peers where we organize monthly contests on > this portal. www.code.vrglinug.org > > Regards > Rishabh > > I'm sure you will have lots of courses involving operating systems in your > future curriculum. However if you want to start now I would recommend a > very simple (and quite old) text Operating Systems Design and Implementation > by Tanenbaum. The O/S described is much like UNIX (or Linux), written > primarily in C, and the book comes with source code. > > Larry > >