Linux from Scratch

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• mastax · Nov 3, 2022 · Mentions

  Imagine writing Linux From Scratch and someone from Microsoft reads it and uses it to make a Linux distribution that goes on to power dozens of that trillion-dollar company's products. To be clear, I'm not saying that "you should be outraged,"…

  on “Is CBL-Mariner going to become Microsoft Linux?” ↗
• brudgers · May 7, 2014 · Mentions

  …[1] covers the really interesting parts of the book you are considering, and skips the parts that can't really be given decent treatment: x86 Assembly, C, and writing a toy operating system. Likewise, Linux from Scratch covers understanding the practical side of Operating Systems [2]. A book I want to read has "EMACS really is an operating system" as it's thesis and then proceeds to show why and how our concept of operating…

  on “Ask HN: Would self-taught programmers be interested in such a book?” ↗