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And besides that, the total sum of intellectual development. I remember in my student years, first learning GNU userland, and then compiling a custom kernel, an
by cerberusss 7y ago
And besides that, the total sum of intellectual development. I remember in my student years, first learning GNU userland, and then compiling a custom kernel, and finally pouring over kernel module code.
There must be hundreds of thousands of me, hungry to try to understand what makes an OS tick.
- naringas 7y agoAgreed 100%. I don't think I would work as a software professional if growing up I had to buy (or somehow finagle) computer manuals for closed-source systems in order to learn. Maybe I didn't read the code, but I learned so much by compiling it. Knowledge I wouldn't have bothered with had I just downloaded a binary blob.