Prior to linux there was minix written by A. S. Tanenbaum with a matching textbook and source code listing. Linux jumped off from where Minix ended (prompting a war between Linus Torvalds and AST, but that's another topic). However, as a former academician, most instructors and lecturers are in-bred -- meaning they teach only what was taught to them...not much new knowledge being created or passed around. On the other hand, there is more to operating systems than just linux... there are many algos and methods on how operating systems are crafted and by concentrating just on linux would not be able to achieve the well-roundedness required of a CS grad. Therefore linux is left to the student to experiment and to relate to the concepts of operating systems learned. Besides having taught operating systems as a subject myself, I find 3 units insufficient for a very crucial course in computer science. Graduate school did have another course in advance operating systems, but it was more along the line of theoretical concepts rather than experimentation on implementations. The school did espouse the idea of teaching concepts and trying to be technology independent...
Nevertheless, we did have students that were able to come up with their own brand of unix like operating system, totally from ground up. But these are far and few in between... On 4 Jan 03 at 14:39, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > i'm wondering if there is already a comprehensive study being done about > linux in our universities here in the Philippines. i am currently taking > up an Operating Systems course in UPLB, and it seems that the concepts > being discussed (process management, virtual memory, file systems, etc) > could most easily be appreciated if code was available or was studied as > to the performance aspects of certain algorithms being used today. > > given that, is there an effort in the academe to take advantage of the > openness and the being available of the linux kernel source in relation > to the study of operating system concepts? it seems that the resouce > available at our disposal is being overlooked as one of the better > teaching and learning tools for computer science students... > > are any of the dear professors in the list (currently or previously > teaching operating system concepts) utilizing linux as a tool for > learning or at least using it as an example for some of the concepts > being studied in OSes? > > -- > -=[mikhail]=- > > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
