Ask HN: Good online course on operating systems?

#1

Post by spatters » Wed, Apr 10, 2013, 6:23 PM UTC

I have some glaring gaps in my CS knowledge that I have been having fun filling. Next up is one of the biggies, either operating systems or compilers.

There is a Coursera compilers course which looks decent but nothing for operating systems on Coursera, Udacity etc. There are courses from Stanford, Columbia and Berkeley with some resources online, but none seem to have video...

So how about it, can you recommend a course, or failing that a textbook?

Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Good online course on operating systems?

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Post by efferifick » Wed, Apr 10, 2013, 8:34 PM UTC

I am currently taking operating systems (not virtually) and wanted to see the differences between what I was being taught and what is being taught elsewhere. I can say, that Berkeley's CS 162 https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/computer-science-162-00... is a decent program. Slides are presented as a video. For textbooks, we had Operating Systems Concepts by Silberschatz. I didn't like the book that much. Hope this helps!

EDIT: I did like more the "recommended" book Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment by Richard Stevens and Stephen A. Rago

Re: Ask HN: Good online course on operating systems?

#3

Post by spatters » Wed, Apr 10, 2013, 9:28 PM UTC

efferifick wrote: post #2

I am currently taking operating systems (not virtually) and wanted to see the differences between what I was being taught and what is being taught elsewhere. I can say, that Berkeley's CS 162 https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/computer-science-162-00... is a decent program. Slides are presented as a video. For textbooks, we had Operating Systems Concepts by Silberschatz. I didn't like the book that much. Hope this…

Awesome - I saw this course but somehow missed the videos. Thank you!