Linux Courses and Certifications

Object Lifetime Issues in Linux Kernel - Safety Implications and Solutions

A study of long-standing Linux kernel object lifetime bugs, with testing strategies and implications for safety certification.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Untorn Buffered Writes in Linux File Systems

A discussion of untorn buffered writes.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

SLUB: What's Next? - Memory Management in Linux

Vlastimil Babka discusses what comes next for SLUB, the Linux kernel’s slab allocator.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Large Folios, Swap and Fscache in Linux

A talk on large folios and their interaction with swap and fscache in the Linux kernel.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Reclaiming and Documenting Page Flags in Linux

A Linux kernel talk about reclaiming page flags and documenting their use.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Fast Uprobes - Enhancing Linux Kernel Tracing

A focused presentation on fast uprobes, a Linux kernel mechanism for tracing user-space execution.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

BPF-NX and CFI - Enhancing Linux Kernel Security

A short talk pairing BPF with NX and control-flow integrity.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

BPF Performance - Comparison of eBPF for Windows vs Linux BPF

A comparison of eBPF performance on Windows and Linux highlights how the two implementations differ.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

All Things Open

Developing for Linux on Windows with WSL and Windows Terminal

Explore WSL and Windows Terminal for Linux app development on Windows. Learn capabilities, limitations, and integration with tools like Docker through live demonstrations.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Linux Plumbers Conference

VFIO, IOMMU, and PCI Technologies - Linux Plumbers Conference 2023

A Linux Plumbers Conference session focused on VFIO, IOMMU, and PCI.

• YouTube
• 5 hours 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Linode

Understanding Linux System Performance - The Top Command

Learn to read Linux load, CPU, memory, swap, and process activity with `top`, and use it to stop a process or adjust refresh timing.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hack In The Box Security Conference

gVisor: Modern Linux Sandboxing Technology - Hack In The Box 2023

Examines how gVisor can support process-level Linux sandboxes with full observability, including design choices and implementation issues.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Kernel Recipes

Diving into Linux Kernel Mitigations - Performance Impacts and Trade-offs

Examines how Linux kernel mitigations for hardware bugs affect production performance and low-level code analysis.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Kernel Recipes

Consoles, Printk, and Nested-NMI in Linux Kernel Development - Challenges for New Developers

A new kernel developer recounts diagnosing a crash involving printk, nested NMIs, and console log buffers.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Red Hat Developer

eBPF: Enhancing Kubernetes with Powerful Linux Kernel Technology

An insider discussion of how eBPF exposes kernel-level data to support observability, security, performance, and networking in Kubernetes.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video