Re: Where to start C-programming open source?

[Carsten Peter Rasmussen <mail@cprasmussen.dk>]

Thanks for the replies!
Both the Fuzix and xv6 projects look like a lot of fun, think I'll start 
there. The problem with for instance Samba is that it feels like jumping 
on a high speed train because the project is so old and well maintained.

Den 03-03-2017 kl. 20:48 skrev Jon Mayo:
> Find a project that you use every day that you think you could improve
> or has a bug that you are able to reproduce. Go to the project and fix
> one of their bugs, submit the patch, and you're in.
>
> If you want to do OS dev, there are lots of sites for that. osdev.org
> has lots of tutorials and guides on their wiki. Writing an OS from
> scratch can be a good way to improve your skills, but it takes a lot
> of work before the OS is substantial enough to be of any use. Most OS
> projects are learning projects that are abandoned after the creator
> has gotten what they wanted out of the experience.
>
> Finding an OS project and seeing if you can get it up and running and
> maybe add to it can be rewarding. Linux of course is one that can be
> fun. But there are others like Prex (a real-time OS), xv6 (a minimal
> unix kernel for learning & experimentation, very good docs), Fuzix (a
> unix-like for really low-end CPUs without MMUs, including 8-bit
> systems), and there are hundreds of other possibilities.
>
> For me, writing something for xv6, like a VGA driver, or porting xv6
> to Raspberry Pi seems like fun.
>
> For totally gonzo sort of projects, something more challenging would
> be to port Fuzix to a new piece of hardware. Dragonball68K(Palm IIIx/V
> & Alphasmart Dana) could use some love for example.
>
> (ps - sorry, I accidentally sent this out in HTML mode, resending a
> cleaned up version for plaintext)
>
> On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 8:05 AM, Carsten Peter Rasmussen
> <mail@cprasmussen.dk> wrote:
>> Hi C-programming list
>>
>> It's awfully quite here, I wonder if I'm even in the right place!?
>> I have been a programmer for many year, and dabbled in many different
>> development areas, but I really want for participate in a open source
>> project by developing C. I have looked over a number of mailing lists like
>> Git, Samba, Vim etc. And every time I think "Wow, these guys are really
>> smart, this is out of my league" - so how does one start?
>>
>> Any comments and advice on getting started in OS with C is greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>> - Carsten
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KH
Carsten