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Welcome to the [http://kernelnewbies.org Kernelnewbies] Wiki. Here you can add your questions, explanations, stories, projects and other useful information about hacking, debugging, configuring and using the kernel.

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Topics

  • KernelHacking -- how to start kernel hacking
  • FoundBug -- how to identify and track down bugs
  • KernelProjects -- projects in the kernel
  • KernelSafari -- learning about the wilderness which is the Linux kernel
  • KernelGlossary -- please add your explanations here!
  • ProgrammingLinks -- links to programming language information
  • PersonalPages -- pages from wiki users
  • RegionalNewbies -- local/national/regional kernelnewbies
  • KernelMentors -- how to have help getting already written code into the Linux kernel
  • LinuxChanges -- detailed "changelog" of the main features getting incorporated in each linux release
  • ... (add your stuff here if it doesn't fit in one of the topics above)
  • [http://kernelnewbies.org/ kernelnewbies.org] the main kernelnewbies website
  • [http://kernelbook.sourceforge.net/wiki/?KernelWiki KernelWiki] (appears to be broken at the moment)
  • [http://wiki.linux-mm.org/ Linux-MM wiki] specialised memory management wiki
  • [http://wiki.dragonflybsd.org/index.php/DragonFly_Status DragonFly Status] "Changelog" of DragonFly's kernel
  • MoreLinks

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