Introduction to Operating Systems
    
                       CSCI:486:R1     Fall, 2010



      Instructor: Kenneth Brakke

      Office: SI 009

      Office phone: 4466

      Office hours: 9:00 - 11:00 MWF,  1:00-3:00 TTh officially.
            I am usually in my office 8:30-4:30 daily, except for
            my other classes (11:15-12:20 MWF and 10:00-11:35 TTh).
            You may also make an appointment.

      Email: brakke@susqu.edu
            I will use email to communicate with the class outside
            of meeting times, e.g. for homework corrections, hints,
            etc.  So check your email regularly.  When emailing me,
            be sure to use a good subject line.  Blank subjects, and
            generic subjects like "question" and "help" are liable
            to get eaten by our spam filter.  Use a subject like
            "Op Sys homework question".

      Text: Linux Bible 2010 Edition by Christopher Negus,
          ISBN 978-0-470-48505-7


      Grading:     Exercises:     30%
                   Midterm:       30%
                   Final exam:    40%


      Course goals:

      To understand the Linux operating system as an example of a
      multi-tasking, multi-user operating system.  This includes
      the user interface, file system, processes, programming, 
      communications, and system administration.


      Class attendence policy: Be there.  The Student Handbook states
        that one week's equivalence of absences is grounds for an F.
        I will note absences, and anybody that has what I regard as
        excessive absences will have their grade lowered as I see fit.


      Cheating and plagiarism: Don't.  Studying together to understand
        the material is fine, but the work you hand in is to be your
        own.  See the Student Handbook for the dire consequences of
        cheating or plagiarism.