Operating Systems

Learning resources

An existing page that gives a broad overview of operating systems.

• Development Environment Setup
• Concepts
  • Kernel Models
  • Process Management
    • Threads and Processes
    • Concurrency
    • Mutual Exclusion
    • Deadlocks
  • Memory Management
  • Task Models
  • Dual Mode Operation
  • Thrashing
  • Synchronization
  • Buffering
  • Scheduling
  • Hardware Protection
  • Memory Protection
• Implementation
  • Hardware
    • x86
    • PPC
  • Booting
    • Basic x86 Bootsector
  • Graphical User Interfaces
• Existing Operating Systems
  • Unix
    • AIX
    • BSD Unix
    • GNU/Linux
    • HP-UX
    • Mac OS/X
    • Solaris
  • Windows
  • OpenVMS
  • IBM i (was OS/400)
• Legacy Operating Systems