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From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [KJ] Understanding earlier version of linux kernel
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 12:52:55 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070522125254.GD18519@parisc-linux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41f748550705220155m67c8b17re0a572abcf411373@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 03:55:11PM +0700, Iwan BK wrote:
> Hello all.
> I'm a newbie kernel hacker. My friend said that  understanding earlier
> version of linux kernel ( v0.X) is a good practice to become a kernel
> hacker.
> Is it true ? Is there any project that do this.

Sounds like you want http://kernelnewbies.org/.  Your friend is wrong,
btw.  While earlier versions of Linux were less complex in some ways,
they were more complex in others, and don't support all the functionality
that more recent versions support.
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-05-22 12:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-22  8:55 [KJ] Understanding earlier version of linux kernel Iwan BK
2007-05-22 11:48 ` John Anthony Kazos Jr.
2007-05-22 12:38 ` Iwan BK
2007-05-22 12:52 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2007-05-22 14:11 ` Adrian Bunk

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