[Wolves] Hello - first post from me ! OS teaching

[Andy Wootton]

Tim Childe wrote:

>We're hoping to use Linux to teach Operating Systems, as you can
>actually get into the cogs of linux where M$ hides everything in the
>depths nowadays.
>
>Tim.C
>IT Lecturer
>Halesowen College
>  
>
I don't want to put you off Linux but if you really want your students 
to start hacking the OS, have you considered Minix? It's a bit more 
manageable in size and it was designed for teaching. You can run it 
under Bochs on Linux too.
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/minix.html

Woo