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# Operating System Design and Implementation

## Official Documentation

- Linux Kernel Documentation
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- FreeBSD Documentation
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- ReactOS Documentation
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- seL4 Microkernel Documentation
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## Research Papers

- "Exokernel: An Operating System Architecture for Application-Level Resource Management" by Dawson R. Engler et al. (1995)
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- "The Performance of µ-Kernel-Based Systems" by Härtig et al. (1997)
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- "Singularity: Rethinking the Software Stack" by Galen C. Hunt and James R. Larus (2007)
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## Additional Online Resources

- OSDev.org
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- The Little Book About OS Development
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- Writing a Simple Operating System from Scratch
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## Books

- "Operating Systems: Design and Implementation" by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Albert S. Woodhull
- ISBN: 0131429388
- A comprehensive guide to OS design and implementation, using MINIX as a case study.
- "Modern Operating Systems" by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Herbert Bos
- ISBN: 013359162X
- Covers both the principles and practice of modern operating systems design.
- "Operating System Concepts" by Abraham Silberschatz, Peter B. Galvin, and Greg Gagne
- ISBN: 1118063333
- Provides a comprehensive overview of operating system concepts and design.
- "The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System" by Marshall Kirk McKusick et al.
- ISBN: 0321968972
- Offers an in-depth look at the design and implementation of the FreeBSD operating system.

## Standards

- POSIX (IEEE 1003.1-2017)
- Defines the standard operating system interface and environment
- Single UNIX Specification
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- Extends POSIX standards to include additional APIs for a standard Unix-like operating system

## Online Courses

- MIT 6.828: Operating System Engineering
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- CS 162: Operating Systems and Systems Programming at UC Berkeley
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- Udacity: Introduction to Operating Systems
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- edX: Computer Science 162, 001: Operating Systems and System Programming
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- Coursera: Operating Systems and You: Becoming a Power User
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## Video Tutorials

- Operating Systems: Crash Course Computer Science
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- Operating System Basics
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- How to Make an Operating System
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## GitHub Repositories

- The Linux Kernel
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- xv6, a simple Unix-like teaching operating system
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- ToaruOS, a hobby operating system
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## Forums and Communities

- Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces
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- OS Dev Forums
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- Reddit: r/osdev
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