[jnbiche]

I'd actually really love to take a course like this, but a non-profit foundation charging $2750 for a virtual 4-day course?

I understand that they have probably have access to incredible kernel expertise, and hopefully the teaching is excellent, but even that doesn't warrant nearly $3000 for a 4-day course.

I mean, even training companies in the pharmaceutical industry doesn't typically charge quite that much for short courses! They're probably close, but is that really who the Linux Foundations wants to model their pricing on?

It's great if they can find corporations that can pay these kinds of prices, but it means that independent open source developers are virtually shut out, which means that many of the very people who would be interested in making contributions to the kernel will not be able to take what is probably the best introduction around to kernel programming.

Does anyone know of any good alternative resources for learning the kernel? There's a lot of good stuff on kernelnewbies.org (when it's not offline). Other ideas?

[Patrick_Devine]

Yeah, I know it's expensive. I took the "in person" version of this course though and it was phenomenal. I'm not sure if it cost the same (the company I worked for payed for it), but if it is, it works out to $70/hr which is cheaper than getting specialized instructors in other disciplines like flight instruction.

For a virtual version of the course $2750 does sound pretty steep. It'd be nice if there were a "Khan Academy" type version (ie. pre-recorded) for a lot less.