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Linux Internals 06 - System Calls and the Kernel
How a system call transitions from user space to kernel space, and how kernel modules work
Lectures
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Linux Internals 07 - I/O and Devices
From block and character devices to I/O schedulers, DMA, and the page cache
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Linux Internals 08 - Synchronization and Concurrency
The problems that arise when multiple execution flows access shared resources, and the synchronization mechanisms in the Linux kernel
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Linux Internals 09 - Networking
The Linux kernel networking stack and how a packet travels from NIC to application
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Linux Internals 10 - Containers and Virtualization
How namespaces and cgroups create containers, and a wrap-up connecting all kernel concepts
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Python Lecture Part 1 - Python's Philosophy and Design Principles
Python's values, design philosophy, and the art of trade-offs
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Python Lecture 2 - Lexical Structure of Python
Learn how Python reads and understands your code, starting from the first step of lexical analysis
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Python Lecture 3 - Containers and Generators
Learn about Python's container concept, list internals, and efficient iteration with generators