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Linux Poetry Explains the Kernel, Line By Line

Writing poems about the Linux kernel has been enlightening in more ways than one for software developer Morgan Phillips. Over the past few months she’s begun to teach herself how the Linux kernel works by studying text books, including Understanding the Linux Kernel, Unix Network Programming, and The Unix Programming Environment. But instead of taking notes, she weaves the new terminology and ideas she learns into poetry about system architecture and programming concepts.

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