Linux Kernel Newbies
kernelnewbies.orgWhat am I seeing? The front page hasn't been updated since May 2010.
I wanted to get into kernel development and a couple weeks ago I checked out Kernel Newbies. I was excited to see a list of projects that "Computer Science students" could work on -- that was me. That list has projects from 2007-2009.
Hidden gem on this site is the http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges page...
Indeed, Kernel Newbies and LWN both provide very good summaries of the user-visible changes in each new kernel release.
Those are both good. The H is another valuable source for kernel news. They're "Coming In" series is fantastic.
I still miss Kerneltrap though.
I agree - this is a great idea, but not very helpful if it's that far out of date.
I've always wanted to get into the kernel a bit more, but it can be difficult if you're not already familiar with the codebase and architecture, so it can be difficult to get started. This seems like a great way to get some initial familiarity - too bad it's (apparently) defunct.
Also interested. Anyone know of a replacement?
Lwn and linuxnewbies aren't perfect, but they're some of the best resources we have. There are also a few books out there that are pretty useful, but they are always out of date. No need to start from scratch and replace these things;it's easier to just work on improving what we have already.
Linux is a huge program developed by tons of people over decades with limited focus on docs in the past and high code turnover today. Getting useful information about it is just hard.
There's a few gems here, like this page that describes when certain synchronization techniques are appropriate.