Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 11:24:08 +0800 From: by <free7by@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: How to get familiar with a system Message-ID: <53816258.6030703@yahoo.com>
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Hi, I really want to get familiar with an operating system, and i am using FreeBSD 10 RELEASE on an i386 machine now, but the problem is how to start, or i would say, what methods can be used to uncover the secret of an operating system? Cause i have install the source code on my machine, i have tried to hack the basic utilities one by one, like echo, ls, cat, etc. But i find i work too slow, and i can not find the exciting experience i have got before for resolving a problem. I know people can not dive into every detail, just one deeply dig is okay. But i find i have no motion now, may be i need a project : ) And i know my skill is too poor to be a system programmer, at least i hope i can be one : ) So anyone who already has familiar with an operating system could share some ideas? Everyone must has a beginning, and everyone has everyone's own ideas to hack, but as a new comer, i still hope to get some ideas. I know this is not a very specific questions, so i have not search the mailing list to find some related answers, or i just want to interact with hackers rather than the history papers as a question like this, i hope this is not too rude : ) Maybe because of the environment i live, i find it is not as easy as you to get so many chances to practice, or just because of my lack of courage. Maybe i should start up a company to push myself to work on this, or i just need a related job and do my own hacks. I do not know how to do. Maybe i need a plan, actually, i have just planed for some book reading everyday, i would say, there are three books, which are C related, UNIX related, and of course FreeBSD related. I read these three books everyday but just a little, i know my poor English and poor ability for solving problems make my slow reading, and i know i make those three books as dictionaries, and i think they are, and i know after i finish the slow reading, when i get some problems in the future, i can get benefits from this slow reading, and find related solving ways quickly from these three books. But i know hackers should do some real things not just for theories related. Maybe i really need to involve myself into a small, real, project, any suggestion? Well, i feel it is very stupid for asking questions like this, but i know i really need this. Actually the final problem is how to recognize this world, from a small, simple point, or from the universe view? : ) - by
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