cs341-illinois/coursebook
Open Source Introductory Systems Programming Textbook for the University of Illinois
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Where it stands
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Ranks #4 among Education repositories tracked this week, and #4 over the last 30 days; #121 of 2,794 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 4%).
The project lists 35 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #39 in the weekly ranking the week of Oct 4, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides an open-source introductory systems programming textbook focused on C and Linux system concepts.
- Delivers a rigorously curated, citation-backed educational resource with multiple export formats for accessibility.
- Use for university-level courses teaching foundational system programming concepts in C and POSIX environments.
- Use for self-learners seeking a structured, high-quality guide to Linux kernel programming and system calls.
- Use for educators aiming to adopt or adapt a comprehensive, open textbook with automated build and export workflows.
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- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
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From the README
Welcome to the systems programming coursebook! This repository houses a high-quality, open-source introductory systems programming textbook used by the CS 341: System Programming course at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign The book assumes that you have taken a programming language course and are familiar with assembly instructions. All of the code and instruction will be in C, as it is the de-facto language of the Linux Kernel.
The Coursebook is an aim to standardize and build upon Angrave's original wikibook experiment.
The most recent version of the coursebook as a single pdf is here: main.pdf.
Daily snapshots
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+1,447 stars over 22 days across 4 snapshot days; best day +29 on Oct 5.
Forks
327+98
Open issues
48+0
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| Category median | 43.2K | +216 | 75 | — |
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