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Lecture notes

Week Title
Week 1. A history of computing and operating systems: lecture notes
  Intro lecture slides (6 per page)
  How operating systems boot: lecture notes
  Boot: lecture slides (6 per page)
  Concepts of Operating Systems: lecture notes
  Concepts lecture slides (6 per page)
Week 2. Processes: lecture notes
  Processes: lecture slides (6 per page)
  Threads: lecture notes
  Threads: lecture slides (6 per page)
Week 3. Synchronization: lecture notes
  Synchronization lecture slides (6 per page)
Week 4. Scheduling: lecture notes
  Scheduling: lecture slides (6 per page)
  Real-time scheduling: lecture notes
  Real-time scheduling: lecture slides (6 per page)
Week 5. Memory management: lecture notes
  Memory management lecture slides (6 per page)
Week 6. Paging: lecture notes
  Paging: lecture slides (6 per page)
Week 7. Device drivers: lecture notes
  Devices: lecture slides (6 per page)
Week 9. File systems: lecture notes
  File systems: lecture slides (6 per page)
  File systems case studies: lecture notes
  File system implementation: lecture slides (6 per page)
  Special devices and file systems: lecture notes
  Special devices and file systems: lecture slides (6 per page)
Week 10 Client-server networking: lecture notes
  Client-server networking: lecture slides (6 per page)
Week 11 Sockets: lecture notes
  Sockets: lecture slides (6 per page)
Week 12 Remote Procedure Calls: lecture notes
  Remote Procedure Calls: lecture slides (6 per page)
Week 12 Network file systems: lecture notes
  Network file systems: lecture slides (6 per page)
Week 12 Protection: lecture slides (6 per page)
Week 12, 13 Security: lecture notes
  Security: lecture slides (6 per page)
Week 13 Cryptography: lecture slides (6 per page)
  Authentication: lecture slides (6 per page)
Week 14 Virtualization: lecture slides (6 per page)
Week 15 Windowing: lecture slides (6 per page)
Week 15 Power management: lecture slides (6 per page)

Recitation notes

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C/UNIX programming HOWTOs

Study guides

Title
Exam 1 study guide
Exam 2 study guide
Exam 3 study guide

Supplemental notes

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Linux kernel coding style, Linux Kernel Documentation
Notes on Programming in C, Rob Pike:
This discusses style and is somewhat applicable to java programmers as well — food for thought more than concrete rules.
C Programming Style, Paul Krzyzanowski
Internetworking Basics (from Cisco)
PDF version of Cisco's Internetworking Basics
RFC 1498: naming and binding of network destinations
MEC Super-UX User's Guide: chapter 6: RPCGEN
Fundamentals fo RMI: Short Course by JGuru
RMI tutorials and info from Sun
Securing JAVA, G. McGraw, E. Felton, Wiley & Sons, pub