osdever.net — Kernel development is not an easy task. This is a testament to your programming expertise: To develop a kernel is to say that you understand how to create software that interfaces with and manages the hardware. A kernel is designed to be a central core to the operating system - the logic that manages the resources that the hardware has to offer.
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f00xx0riz3rFeb 26, 2006
Stop using smileys in submissions to digg you idiots.
waiwaiFeb 26, 2006
Most programmers nowadays simply don't have to interface with hardware directly. Furthermore, you can't use standard libraries when doing OS stuff (well this applies to the Linux kernel, which is the only OS I've worked on). I don't think I've had a single project at work where we didn't have many, many libraries. These issues make OS development not very applicable to most programmers' skill sets.
malkavFeb 26, 2006
OS development is applicable to any programmer. You learn a lot of important fundamentals that can be used in other projects.@:DBR_ONIXhave you ever seen the linux kernel? it is a giant piece of complex code and very hard to learn from with out knowing the code well
rudolphdudeFeb 26, 2006
err why? Because creating your OS is kinda cool, and this coming from the only person on this sight to have sex in since the last Olympics.
tom_riddleFeb 27, 2006
yea I'm too lazy for this. I want to click some check boxes radio buttons and have the thing compile itself and boom. give me a link to that. then i will digg you.