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Basic materials for the lectures and exercises can be found in the lectures and exercises sections.

How does the Linux OS kernel really work? Find here: Linux Insides

• a description of what happens from boot-up
• a detailed step-by-step description including all the details

Slides for the Silberschatz operating systems textbook. Find here

• Recommended study material
• clear explanation

Textbook of Operating Systems online. You will find here

• The basic concepts are very nicely explained
• clickable links to each chapter of the book
• I recommend

The book: Brian Ward: How Linux Works, What every superuser should know

• The basics of Linux with an emphasis on how things work internally
• for anyone interested in Linux server/station administration

The book: The Little Book of Semaphores - free download in pdf format

• classical synchronization tasks, including algorithms, are discussed in detail

The book:  Andrew S. Tanenbaum: Modern Operating Systems

• Prentice-Hall 2001, ISBN 0-13-031358-0
• The slides are available for download, so I recommend studying them.