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| Newsgroups | comp.os.misc, comp.os.msdos.misc, comp.os.netware.misc, comp.os.linux.misc |
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| From | Sidney Lambe <evergreen@alt.religion.wicca> |
| Subject | Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* |
| References | <iimsf5$50f$1@four.albasani.net> <slrnikttpu.81j.evergreen@3f8s2dcr5.net> <no2dndtTcLOYnNLQnZ2dnUVZ_oKdnZ2d@posted.localnet> <slrniku2km.81j.evergreen@3f8s2dcr5.net> <maGdnfc44vu6ktLQnZ2dnUVZ_sidnZ2d@posted.localnet> |
| Message-ID | <slrnikubct.81j.evergreen@3f8s2dcr5.net> (permalink) |
| Date | 2011-02-07 00:32 +0100 |
| Organization | X-Privat.Org NNTP Server - http://www.x-privat.org |
Cross-posted to 4 groups.
On comp.os.linux.misc, Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> wrote: > At 6 Feb 2011 21:55:16 +0100 Sidney Lambe > <evergreen@alt.religion.wicca> wrote: > > >> On comp.os.linux.misc, Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> >> wrote: >> >> > At 6 Feb 2011 20:32:51 +0100 Sidney Lambe >> > <evergreen@alt.religion.wicca> wrote: >> >> [delete] >> >> >> This is comp.os.linux.misc >> >> >> >> Why the hell would we care about a bunch of Windows groups? >> > >> > Near the bottom of the list is 'comp.os.xinu'. XINU is a >> > 'toy' UNIX-ish operating system and is mostly useful as a >> > system to study if one is interested in learning just how a >> > *UNIX* flavored kernel works. Eg. before one 'dives' into >> > the Linux kernel (read: "deep end"), one can look at xinu >> > (read: "kiddie pool" / "shallow end"). Why all of the mess >> > windows groups have been 'lumped' with the few others is >> > strange (to me). >> >> That does sound useful. I gather it's better for this purpose >> than minix....?? > > Yes. XINU was designed, in part, as a teaching tool. There is a > book: "Operating System Design: The XINU Approach", by Douglas > Comer, ISBN 0-13-637539-1, Prentice-Hall. This book pretty much > goes through the XINU system, line-by-line, explaining what > is going on and is a basic textbook for a course on operating > system design. > Prentice-Hall. A prestigious publisher. I don't think I'm quite enough of a geek to tackle something like that. I'm still struggling with shell scripting. TNX [delete] Sid
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Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2011-02-06 14:13 -0600
Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2011-02-06 23:25 +0000
Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) - 2011-02-08 13:38 +0000
Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2011-02-08 22:53 +0000
Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-02-06 21:53 +0000
Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Sidney Lambe <evergreen@alt.religion.wicca> - 2011-02-07 00:32 +0100
Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2011-02-06 15:14 -0600
Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Sidney Lambe <evergreen@alt.religion.wicca> - 2011-02-07 00:32 +0100
Re: The Great Downsizing of comp.os.* Sidney Lambe <evergreen@alt.religion.wicca> - 2011-02-06 21:55 +0100
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