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there are some task as much important you may do!
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## Hack the kernel!
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## 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,
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smarter, more stable, or portable accross other hardware platforms.
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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).
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## Test it!
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## Test it
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Writing a kernel which work well on a given platform is cool.
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Writing a kernel which work perfectly on **many** platforms is better!
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## Improve documentation
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Kernel documentation is *very* important, but at this time it really lacks.
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Helping us to create documentation, both for kernel and userspace hackers, and helping to correct and
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improve it is *not* less useful than writing code!
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## 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.
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A kernel alone is as useless as a nice coffee cup without coffee (sorry, first analogy I found).
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