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Re:Xv6, a simple Unix-like teaching operating system by kirbyk on Friday December 27, 2013 @12:08PM (#6971461)
Purdue has a similar OS, Xinu, that was created for teaching. It is actually used in industry around the world. - http://www.xinu.cs.purdue.edu/
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Re:Xv6, a simple Unix-like teaching operating system by luckydude on Friday December 27, 2013 @12:21PM (#6971534)
+1 I learned a boatload by reading the xinu books.

Also met Doug, he's a great guy, old school C hacker.

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Re:Xv6, a simple Unix-like teaching operating system by n1cked on Friday December 27, 2013 @01:00PM (#6971729)
The OS classes at several universities revolve around reimplementing Xinu and really getting to know a linksys router.
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