Is there a book one can read to learn how to create one?

yencabulator · 2025-09-14T21:48:13 1757886493

I'd suggest https://os.phil-opp.com/ instead of a book from long ago. There is no reason to drag yourself through C anymore.

And if you do want the more historical content, https://www.projectoberon.net/

esafak · 2025-09-14T19:16:46 1757877406

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_Systems:_Design_and_...

andrehacker · 2025-09-14T21:30:45 1757885445

That is an excellent recommendation. For Operating Systems anything Andy Tanenbaum did is world class.

This made me look up what he has been up to, there is a 2023 edition of "Modern Operating Systems" which covers cloud virtualization and Android along with everything that came before, hm, tempting.

macintux · 2025-09-14T22:58:27 1757890707

We really need a Tech Writer Hall of Fame. W. Richard Stevens, Andrew Tanenbaum, P.J. Plauger. Others?

ianmcgowan · 2025-09-15T03:56:35 1757908595

Kernighan!

andrehacker · 2025-09-15T04:59:10 1757912350

And how can we leave out the OG of tech writers: Donald Knuth. He got a bit distracted by developing TeX but he got a well deserved Turing award for the series.