I'm kinda fed up with all the theoretical side of the programming. now i'd love to participate in some project dealing with C network programming under Unix. My question is: is there any online programs or projects where i can really participate? Any other suggestions how to build up practical programming?

Thnx you all.

You could try writing your own remote command
execution program (i.e. an "rcmd" function
and an "rshd" server).

Beyond that, talk to your boss and ask for
a more challenging assignment. Tell him/her
what you want to do and see if there is anything
that you can be given as an assignment.