[OT] learn basic kernel programming on your ubuntu 10.04 system!!

[Chris Hallsworth]

Hi all,
Thanks for letting us know about this. Can a totally blind person like 
myself do this course? I would use Orca as the screen reader of choice, 
not that I am aware of any others :).
Once again many thanks for letting us know.



Signed by Chris Hallsworth

On 08/06/2010 19:35, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
>    yes, it's wildly off-topic but if you've ever wanted to get your
> feet wet and do some basic kernel programming, i'm giving you the
> chance:
>
> http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Online_beginner%27s_kernel_programming_course
>
>    and what does this have to do with ubuntu, you ask?  obviously, you
> should be able to do the same kernel programming on any decent and
> modern distro but since i'll have numerous labs throughout the course,
> i wanted to pick a specific distro so i was able to say that, "if you
> use this particular version of this particular distro, i absolutely
> ***guarantee*** that all the sample programs will work."  not a big
> deal, i just wanted to have a known good starting point.
>
>    and on that note, i will end my clearly self-serving post.  if you
> want to know more, get in touch with me or just follow me on twitter
> where i'll be posting updates.
>
> rday
>
> p.s.  in the two days that i've been thinking about this and posting
> about it elsewhere, i already have others willing to contribute to
> designing followup courses.  we'll see where this goes.
>