COS431: Operating Systems 
Fall, 2009

Larry Latour, Associate Professor of Computer Science
University of Maine
Course Outline
Course info, topical coverage, and grading policy and expectations.
COS431 on FirstClass
You can login to Firstclass directly through the web here, or you can launch your Firstclass browser. Go to the conferences Semester Courses, then Fall Courses, then COS431(Latour). To simplify this path, make an alias of the COS431 conference on your desktop.
Semester Projects
A complete description of the five major projects of this course can be found on Firstclass.
Project Teams
A list of the project teams in this class.
Homework
A list of homework for the class, due each week.
Silbershatz Text Student Companion Site
A companion website containing textbook practice exercise solutions, web appendices (not in the text), and source code from the text. Course slides will be posted on Firstclass.
Introduction to UNIX in the UMaine CS Dept.
An extensive document outlining Unix fundamentals, available in both single and multiple html page format.
Unix Man Pages on the Web
Just one of very many useful guides to the Unix man pages. This one is cross-referenced.
Boston University's CS Teaching Materials Archive
The CS Department at BU has a nice collection of resource material collected here and useful for our semester project. It includes a nice set of material on C.
The Minix Home Page
Andrew Tanenbaum's complete Minix home page, containing more than you ever want to know about Minix.
The Linux Home Page
Linux is a free Unix-type operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of developers around the world.
Study Guides
Provided one week before each exam. Remember, you are allowed a 3x5 inch index card of notes for each exam (both sides):

Last Updated: 8/28/09