Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:49:17 +0000 From: Alice Sowerby <alice@freebsdfoundation.org> To: Ankush Mondal <ankushmondal1y2t@gmail.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to get started with FreeBSD dev Message-ID: <CAE=KKV9zmg-b9SNE4qH5nho9%2BdU4vY-ypPJoj45PT%2BjQ8m6e3w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAEw80_1rXjU34uujN=0Mvk6rBGstdSHGBqGabtThMr0avcXXAA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEw80_1rXjU34uujN=0Mvk6rBGstdSHGBqGabtThMr0avcXXAA@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hi Ankush, welcome, and congratulations on your excellent taste :) Others will be able to give you more insight than I will, but I can direct you to the most recent thread on the same subject: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers/2025-September/005076.html On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM Ankush Mondal <ankushmondal1y2t@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello FreeBSD org, > I’m Ankush Mondal, a 4th-year university undergraduate pursuing a > Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. I’ve been using FreeBSD in a VM, and > my interest in OS internals naturally pushed me toward exploring OS > development. I previously looked into Linux internals, but the codebase > felt a bit chaotic. Eventually, I discovered that FreeBSD’s codebase is > much cleaner and easier to navigate. Could you guide me on how to get > started with FreeBSD development? > [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr">Hi Ankush, welcome, and congratulations on your excellent taste :)<div><br></div><div>Others will be able to give you more insight than I will, but I can direct you to the most recent thread on the same subject: </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers/2025-September/005076.html">https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers/2025-September/005076.html</a> </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM Ankush Mondal <<a href="mailto:ankushmondal1y2t@gmail.com">ankushmondal1y2t@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello FreeBSD org,<div>I’m Ankush Mondal, a 4th-year university undergraduate pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. I’ve been using FreeBSD in a VM, and my interest in OS internals naturally pushed me toward exploring OS development. I previously looked into Linux internals, but the codebase felt a bit chaotic. Eventually, I discovered that FreeBSD’s codebase is much cleaner and easier to navigate. Could you guide me on how to get started with FreeBSD development?</div></div> </blockquote></div>
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