Think API» Linux http://thinkapi.com/blog An interface to tech thoughts Mon, 10 May 2010 10:32:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 How to create your own UNIX clone Operating System http://thinkapi.com/blog/how-to-create-your-own-unix-clone-operating-system/ http://thinkapi.com/blog/how-to-create-your-own-unix-clone-operating-system/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:11:53 +0000 Sukumar http://thinkapi.com/blog/?p=157
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    • ]]>     Working on operating systems can be a lot of fun while learning some of the most difficult concepts in programming. One needs to have a basic set of knowledge and skills such as

    Basics of programming: variables, references, data types, scope, pointers, error handling, iteration, core algorithms related to searching, sorting, and so on
    Basics of maths and statistics: hexadecimal, binary, boolean logic, probability and so on
    Assembly: Knowledge of a low level language is very essential and part of writing an OS
    Languages: While C, C++ are the most widely used, one can also go with java, haskell, lisp etc.
    Linux / Unix: Experience on linux or UNIX based platforms is needed for using tools required for OS development
    Tools: Familiarity in working with compilers, assemblers, linkers and make utility

    Getting started:
    Alt OS Development FAQ
    OS Dev getting started

    Resources:
    JamesM’s kernel development tutorials
    OS development wiki     and OS development forums
    Tutorials from osdever.net
    alt.os.development
     Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manuals
    Intel 80386 Programmer’s Reference Manual
    OSRC: The Operating System Resource Center
    Implementing an Operating System – By Andrew S. Tanenbaum

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    • ]]>     Linus Torvalds best known for having initiated the development of the Linux kernel, has started a personal blog.

    This sure is going to be interesting and funny. Looking at one of the comments,

    lol your name sounds like linux
    i bet i’m not the first one to notice ;)

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