> I apologize if this question is too far off-topic but I am new to
> the Linux world and would very much like to learn more about how
> Linux works.
>
> I know I could read the source files but I have never been very
> good at learning something complex by reading C code. I really
> need to know what I am looking at first, before I can make sense
> of the code.
There are a few documents concerning the Linux kernel that
are online -- you can find them on the Linux-MM home page
at http://humbolt.geo.uu.nl/Linux-MM/.
As for good starting points inside the kernel source, I think
that kernel/sched.c and fs/exec.c are good places because the
code in there is at the very centre of what is happening and
yet everything in those files is done with enough abstraction
not to confuse a newbie...
succes,
Rik -- If a Microsoft product fails, who do you sue?
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