-----Original Message----- From: kernelnewbies-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joris Bolsens Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 10:07 AM To: Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx Cc: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Learning things -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 In that case do you have any general recommendations? Or is there some sort of project that covers most of the basics? I learn best by doing and most stuff I found online goes pretty slow and is a bit boring :/ Thanks a ton On 04/06/2015 10:02 AM, Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote: > On Mon, 06 Apr 2015 10:43:46 -0700, Joris Bolsens said: > >> I'm working on trying to teach myself C and was wondering if you had >> any kernel specific recommendations. > > Don't bother trying until you have an actual good working knowledge of > C. > > Work in userspace where your screw-ups just take the process out, not > the entire system, until stuff like a SIGSEGV becomes a rarity. > *THEN* start considering kernel work. > A google search on "open source projects written in c" yielded this: http://www.quora.com/What-are-open-source-projects-that-are-written-in-C-C++-are-easy-to-contribute-to Jeff Haran _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
