Hi everyone, and thanks for staying with Unix Tutorial for so
long! My first weeks of the 2010 have been pretty busy, but I've
been quietly upgrading the blog engine and components of the
Unix Tutorial Members Area to get things ready for the long-
awaited second module of the Introduction to Unix course. If
you're an existing member and have a topic which you think
belongs to the Operating Systems Basics module, please leave a
comment. The purpose of the module is to give a very high level
overview of how modern operating systems work and to also
explain the importance of securely managing all the available
resources (hence a few topics on files, users and privileges).
Almost every single topic deserves a separate module, if not a
course, on its own – but for the moment it will be really basic
stuff. Here's the list of topics so far: - What OS is and why we
need it - Features of a modern OS - Kernel and kernel modules -
Features of Unix OS - MINDMAP: Features and components of an OS
- Everything is a file! Ty