I wouldn't recommend playing with the code to ubuntu users that barely know
what a terminal is. For "absolute beginners" and "novice enthusiasts" I
usually recommend to start by installing Gentoo following its handbook. The
Gentoo handbook is a very good learning source for beginners and it guides
On Sep 03 2013, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> i'm going to jump in here since i see this question annoyingly
> frequently -- "i'm new to the kernel and i want to get involved and
> write code; how do i start?" to be blunt, if that's your starting
> point, you're not ready to write code for the kernel
