A significant amount of interaction tends to occur outside of the classroom and in the labs. Therefore I encourage you to interact with your classmates, to provide assistance to those who might be struggling, and to engage in an open exchange of ideas. Part of your project grade will be based on your lab participation. Last, but not least, the kernel project is a lot of fun. After all, you're going to be writing code that is so sick, so depraved, and so twisted, it will make all of those script-kiddies want to run away in horror.
Operating systems is traditionally one of the most challenging computer science courses.
Do not hesistate to see me or the TAs if you have any problems or concerns. Our goal is to make sure that you succeed in this class.