CSCI 4320 (Principles of Operating Systems):
Useful/Interesting Links and Other Resources

(Suggestions for additions to this page are welcome; send to bmassing@cs.trinity.edu.)

Linux-related links

(With thanks to Dr. Howland, who supplied most of these links.)

The Linux Kernel (online book, fairly introductory, and a nice description of how some of the ideas discussed in Tanenbaum play out in a real operating system)
O'Reilly Network articles about Linux kernel (miscellaneous articles about kernel-related topics)
The Tanenbaum-Torvalds Debate (Minix versus Linux, as discussed in comp.os.minix in 1992)
The Linux Kernel Archives (kernel source for various releases).

History-related links

A small gallery of pictures (mainframe and related hardware):
- ENIAC.
- IBM mainframe (1964).
- Keypunch machine (for humans to punch data into cards).
- Card reader/punch (for computer to read / punch cards).
- Line printer.
E.W. Dijkstra:
- UT's Dijkstra home page.
- More about the operating system written by Dijkstra and his students: EWD 126 and EWD 196.