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by chrissmithuk 4540 days ago
This is why I still like old Unix systems (early BSD/v7 etc). It is possible to get a complete understanding of the system in a relatively short amount of time and they're still pretty productive.

xv6 reflects this from an educational perspective: http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2012/xv6.html