There are thousands of hackers working on the Linux kernel, spread over the world. These people are also called Linux hackers. At the top of the Linux kernel development is Linus Torvalds, the starter of the Linux kernel. The kernel is written in C, with some architecture-specific parts written in assembler.

Linux Guide

The name 'Linux' properly refers to an operating system 'kernel', a single but key component of a complete operating system. In everday use, the term 'Linux' is frequently used to refer to a complete operating system which consists of the kernel and some of the thousands of other programs required to make an operating system useful. Much of the important system software that is typically installed on a Linux system comes from The GNU Project, a project to build an operating system made entirely of free software.

Linux For Newbies

his book might be really useful, especially if combined with Installing Linux. There's a lot of info on the net about Linux, but it's hard to find a complete, well written, easy to understand guide for people who are new to the whole Linux (free software, open source, etc.) phenomenon and are curious about (trying) it. Having a guide like this, containing info newbies want to hear, would make it less likely that they would get scared away by the enormous pile of complicated stuff they find elsewhere. I might have some time to write a startup, but I imagine there are a lot of people around here who could contribute to this. Stuff that should be in it (just some brainstorming).(research before trying it)

inux From Scratch

This book is an open source attempt at discussing how to create a Linux computer system by starting with a blank hard disk and assembling all the 'parts' needed for a Linux distribution such as Debian, Fedora core, or Slackware. If you do not know what Linux is, STOP. This book will make you more confused. This is not intended to be a newbie guide nor an installation manual. It is more of a map on discussing all the aspects of a real world attempt to create a Linux-controlled computer, specifically an x86 computer, as this is what the original kernel was written for. There are thousands of tutorials on how to create Linux, even a website dedicated to this very topic

Linux kernel

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Linux Kernel Drivers Annotated

There has been lot of articles/books written on how to write device drivers for the Linux kernel. The problem is that these books do not point to real sources in the Linux kernel. We try to address that by explaining some easy to understand Linux kernel drivers in this book

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Slackersbible

The first section of the Handbook will guide the new user through the installation of Slackware Linux and gently introduces the concepts and conventions that underpin the OS. Working through this section requires little more than the desire to learn and the fortitude to attempt an installation.

Linux Kernel 2.4 Internals

This guide is now part of the Linux Documentation Project

The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide

The Linux Programmer's Guide is meant to do what the name implies- It is to help Linux programmers understand the peculiarities of Linux. By its nature, this also means that it should be useful when porting programs from other operating systems to Linux. It covers the following topics : The Linux operating system, The Linux kernel, The Linux libc package, System calls