Awesome! Thanks for the forward Vern I've been looking for something like this.
On Jul 9, 2010 9:44 PM, "Vern Ceder" <[email protected]> wrote: Hi everyone, I'm forwarding this along in case anyone is interested. I've read through the first lesson and it was a pretty good intro on how to compile a custom kernel, and I'm betting the rest is pretty good also. Cheers, Vern -------- Original Message -------- Subject: FYI: cheap, online introductory course in Linux kernel programming Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 15:33:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Hi, my name's Rob Day and I apologize for using a form email for this but there's just no way I could send a personal email to this large a number of US Linux user groups. To make a long story as short as possible, recently, I started an admittedly commercial venture that some of your members, colleagues or friends might be interested in -- an online, multi-lesson course to introduce people to the basics of Linux kernel programming: http://crashcourse.ca/introduction-linux-kernel-programming/introduction-linux-kernel-programming This is not just explanatory content -- it's an actual *course*, with real exercises that students are expected to do, as in writing and loading modules, and eventually writing a simple character device driver and doing some basic kernel and module debugging. As you can see, a number of the lessons are publicly available (and are, in fact, released under a Creative Commons license) so potential students are more than welcome to check out the first few lessons and see what they think at no cost and with no risk. And if a person decides to register for the course, the cost is an eminently reasonable $39 (CAD) per student for the entire course. Not per lesson, for the entire course. As I've already stated, I openly admit that this is a commercial undertaking on my part, but at $39 a student, I have no illusions of retiring off of this. It's just something I wanted to do, and I'm hoping enough students register to make it worth it because, if that happens, I already have plans for similar, followup courses that each deal with a specific topic such as "How to write a PCI driver" or "How to write a USB driver," that sort of thing, again at absurdly cheap prices. You can see a fairly complete syllabus for the course here: http://crashcourse.ca/introduction-linux-kernel-programming/course-overview-and-syllabus plus the first couple testimonials from satisfied students here: http://crashcourse.ca/content/testimonials And each course comes with a mailing list exclusively for registered students, so that students can ask questions and exchange ideas about each lesson. In any event, that's pretty much the message I wanted to get across. I've been a professional Linux instructor for many years, and I finally decided that this was something i wanted to try. All of my marketing is simply word-of-mouth from friends and colleagues, so if you know anyone who would be interested or you think this is a worthwhile venture, feel free to blog about it or tweet about it or mention it on your LUG mailing list. The more registered students I get, the more likely it is I'll keep writing more courses along the same lines. If you have any questions, drop me a note, and thanks for your time. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Top-notch, inexpensive online Linux/OSS/kernel courses http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== -- This time for sure! -Bullwinkle J. Moose ----------------------------- Vern Ceder, Director of Technology Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804 [email protected]; 260-436-0746; FAX: 260-436-5137 The Quick Python Book, 2nd Ed - http://bit.ly/bRsWDW _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org
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