Announcements and Upcoming Events
| Date | Announcement or News |
|---|---|
| 24 March 2026 | For CSU Stanislaus students, instructions on how to connect to the campus VPN (Virtual Private Network) are here: "OIT's Installing Global Protect VPN" article. Thank student GC for finding the link for us. |
| 4 March 2026 | "Top 10 Highest-Paid Tech Jobs in 2026", 2026 Jan 21, TechRepublic.com |
| 27 February 2026 | From this morning's pre-class conversation: "Lightning, earthquakes and physics - why basketball shoes squeak".The (very brief) Star Wars music performance starts around 6 min, 30 seconds in. |
| 24 February 2026 |
The original instructions regarding starting 'sleep' processes work on Unix/Mac Terminals, *except* the Debian Linux Terminals on the machines in the CS lab. Debian handles backgrounding processes differently.
The Lab 1 instructions have been updated: "If you are on a Mac or non-Debian Linux machine, type: sleep 500 &; sleep 600 &; If you are on a Debian Linux machine (like those in the CS Lab, including dragon.csustan.edu), type: sleep 500 & sleep 600 &" Thanks to Tyler Straub for tracking down the Debian differences and figuring out what commands would work. |
| 20 February 2026 | More job market news: "Employers Project Salary Increases for Most New Graduates", insidehighered.com, 19 Feb 2026 |
| 18 February 2026 |
"These are the fastest-growing skills companies are hiring for, according to new report", cnbc.com, February 9, 2026.
Top tech jobs 2026: 5 of the fastest-growing tech, AI careers", mashable.com, February 7, 2026. |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Welcome to CS 3750! |
| Assignment | Points |
|---|---|
| Lab 1 | 10 |
| Problem Set 1 | 10 |
| Problem Set 2 | 10 |
| Lab 2 | 10 |
On-line Resources
- Unix Commands
- Operating Systems
- Linux OS source code
- Android OS source code
- Ubuntu OS source code
- GitHub Open Source Operating Systems collection
- TinyOS OS source code, created by the TinyOS project
- Operating Systems History
- Operating Systems Experts
- SIGOPS: ACM Special Interest Group on Operating Systems
- Usenix, particularly OSDI: the USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation
- "Reflections on trusting trust" by Ken Thompson. A two page read, and a humdinger -- I recommend it. (A reprinting of his Turing Award Lecture.) Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie won their Turing Award for contributions to operating systems -- Unix, most particularly.