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The Eudyptula Challenge Anonymous 12/18/14 (Thu) 10:12:28 34624d No.874

Learn how to contribute to the Linux kernel:

http://eudyptula-challenge.org/

Anonymous 12/18/14 (Thu) 10:14:19 34624d No.875

>>874

If you already know one other language like Python, Ruby or Java there are many easy ways for you to learn C:

http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/

Some free eBooks on learning C:

http://it-ebooks.info/book/4366/

http://it-ebooks.info/book/704/

Also this for a quick overview:

http://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/c/

Anonymous 12/18/14 (Thu) 23:26:10 8217c1 No.876

>>874
Have you done this? How do you rate it?

Anonymous 12/20/14 (Sat) 20:40:00 ba4d41 No.884

I tried it, but got stuck a few tasks in, then forgot about it.
Should try it again.

Anonymous 09/17/15 (Thu) 05:17:42 f47050 No.3256

I'm jumping into this.

I know this thread is almost dead, but fuck it, this looks like fun, and a programming board should have more kernel hacking fun in it.

Anonymous 09/18/15 (Fri) 14:36:36 8fdf20 No.3257

>>875

Thanks. Have been looking for a good C tutorial for a while

Anonymous 09/19/15 (Sat) 04:59:56 f47050 No.3258

I gotta say, this shit is pretty heavy. Even as a long-term gentoo user, it's a lot of legwork.

Task 1 had me do a Hello World kernel module, task 2 has me download and build my own kernel (which is no big deal) and boot it with proof (which is a pain in the ass, because even in a VM, that involves me running through assembling an entire filesystem from scratch, essentially going through the whole LFS series). It's fun and all, but task 2 has hours worth of legwork to do. Building and configuring the kernel is maybe 30 minutes, but getting it booting in a sample system is like two or three hours of assembly if I want to keep it very light.

Anonymous 11/02/15 (Mon) 11:58:30 16dafb No.3514

Sounds fun, but are there any resources or is it just receiving a prompt?

I programmed before in C, but I get the idea if I just jump into this, I'll get prompts like stuff I know how to do normally, but not know what distincts it from being a kernel module, etc.