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there are some task as much important you may do!
## Hack the kernel
Hack the kernel
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This is the most evident kind of task : help us to improve the kernel code, to make it faster,
smarter, more stable, or portable accross other hardware platforms.
Of course, writing code for the kernel need to *master* at least the C language, and depending
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More informations to be ready are available in the wiki : [Resources about kernel hacking](kernel-hacking) and [Some documentation of FiXos internals](fixos-internals).
## Test it
Test it
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Writing a kernel which work well on a given platform is cool.
Writing a kernel which work perfectly on **many** platforms is better!
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would like to improve it *indirectly*, by testing and [reporting bugs](bug-reporting) to developers.
## Improve documentation
Improve documentation
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Kernel documentation is *very* important, but at this time it really lacks.
Helping us to create documentation, both for kernel and userspace hackers, and helping to correct and
improve it is *not* less useful than writing code!
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many things to correct in the documentation, in this wiki, and maybe elsewhere!
## Hack the userspace!
Hack the userspace!
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Userspace is less delicate, and maybe more fun if you like to interract with the user instead of with the hardware.
A kernel alone is as useless as a nice coffee cup without coffee (sorry, first analogy I found).
