Operating Systems

Course outline

This NPTEL course from IISc Bangalore, taught by Prof. P.C.P. Bhatt, begins with an introduction to operating systems and then covers file systems, process management, memory, input-output and resource sharing. Interprocess communication comes next, followed by real-time designs, microkernels and OS security.

Unix and tooling

The second half turns to Unix in practice: a primer, search and sort tools, AWK, shell scripts, the kernel architecture, make, source code control, X Windows and system administration, ending with more on Linux.

Who it suits

The mix of theory and tooling suits learners who want the OS concepts alongside the command-line environment they will use day to day.