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One area of Linux I find myself in lately is following kernel development and bugs. I try follow it not by reading the main linux-kernel mailing list which can provide up to 5MB of mail a week, but by reading Alan Cox's Diary (in Welsh now), Kernel Newsflash (not maintained since 2002), and Kernel Traffic.
Other sites of interest are Kernel Trap, Kernel Newbies, SourceForge Linux Kernel Foundry, Kernel Janitor project, and Kernel hacking.
For understanding the kernel I turn to: Tour of Linux Kernel Source (TOLKS), "The Linux Kernel" by David A. Rusling, The Linux Kernel Hackers' Guide, and Conceptual Architecture of the Linux Kernel & Concrete Architecture of the Linux Kernel.
Occasionally I need to search archives of the linux-kernel list using The Linux-Kernel Archive (Indiana US), or Linux-Kernel archive (theaimsgroup.com).
I also check the linux-kernel mailing list FAQ, for simple questions that someone else has been bound to ask before me.
If you are feeling bored of just Linux, then check out FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, historic BSD (and the TUHS), GNU HURD, Plan 9, Inferno, Amoeba, or the historically important Minix, CTSS (ctss), ITS, or if you are still not satisifed Tunes review of various OSes.
Kernel patches to consider: Linux Capabilities | Alan Cox's patches | Robert Love's (rml) patches including network-random and preemptible kernel | Andrew Morton's (mm) patches | Rik van Riel's Linux kernel patches | Rusty Russell (kernel & module utilities) | international crypto patches | Linux Security Modules | OpenWall Linux | hap-linux | GR security (PaX) | Exec Shield
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