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    Xv6, a simple Unix-like teaching operating system (2012) unix pdos.csail.mit.edu
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    moses avatar moses 4 years ago | link

    Interesting. Most of the OS courses that I’ve heard of fall into three models:

    1. Work with a toy java OS
    2. Hack linux
    3. Roll your own (hard mode, CMU does this)

    I wonder why MIT didn’t choose one of those modes. I wonder if part of it was that they felt like writing an operating system.

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      kyle avatar kyle 4 years ago | link

      I think it helps to have some code to look at, a reference. It’s a bit overwhelming to write your own, unless you write a toy OS for a 8-bit MCU. I really liked the approach in the The Elements of Computing Systems, starting from the hardware up.