What should I study if I really want to know how Linux works? Like: what's the real difference between filesystems? Which base packages are needed for OS to work, etc.
Are there any good books or courses?
>>61355201
>Linux
>work
>>61355201
You have to be clearer than that. Do you mean the kernel? Do you mean like a general overview of booting, mounting, and the processes all the way to userspace, etc? Are you particularly looking for advanced info on a specific thing like filesystems?
>>61355271
^this
I'd start out just googling technical specifications of what specific thing u want. Often times the more technical online posts will reference books, then u can go to those if you want
>>61355201
go to lainchan/lambda/e-books thread
>>61355271
More like how to be GNU/Linux poweruser and know limits of this system...er, kinda abstract too, I guess
>>61355201
Go to NoStarchPress site and look at their Systems/OS books for Linux/BSD. https://www.nostarch.com/howlinuxworks2
After you get the gestalt of how Linux/BSD works then you want to take a real operating systems class of which there are many on the various edx.org/coursera type MOOC sites or dig into Lyons Commentary w/Source Code which is still used in OS classes. Here's one: https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2016/schedule.html
If you get lost, then start here:
https://scs.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Sessions/List.aspx#folderID=%22b96d90ae-9871-4fae-91e2-b1627b43e25e%22&maxResults=50
Then you probably want to take some kind of advanced OS class by looking at university grad school calendars and going to their course site and grabbing pdfs/lectures. There you will find new things being worked on besides monolithic kernels from 30+yrs ago. https://www.udacity.com/course/advanced-operating-systems--ud189
After you know all the basics you can just read a manpage or whitepaper on a file system like say, OpenZFS and figure it out. There's plenty of alternative OSs around too like SmartOS (illumos) and Nix/GuixSD (linux with all configuration done in one file, with complete system dependency graph).
>>61355201
We have a thread full of video tutorials on /t/
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>>61356262
thanks! that looks great
>>61355996
Thank you. a lot of useful links here.
>>61356262
Nice. These should be in pinned thread.