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05-Nov-2006, 01:01 PM #1
Linux/Unix Reference Texts
I am looking for good reference texts to buy concerning Linux, Unix, FreeBSD, etc. The deeper I dig into these OS's the more I want to know about them, and the scattered info on the net does not seem to quench my thirst.

I was wondering if anyone had some suggestions on what to get and what to stay away from before I lay my money down. Thanx
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05-Nov-2006, 01:44 PM #2
Hi OS,

I highly recommend the books by Vahalia, Stallings, and Bacon, if you want to truly understand these OSes from a systems point of view. They are especially great for their diagrams to aid understanding. The device driver books I threw in because what is an OS without device drivers, eh? The sysadmin books are for more practical useage.

Unix Internals: The New Frontiers by Uresh Vahalia; Prentice Hall (PH)
Writing a Unix Device Driver by Egan and Teixeira; Wiley (W)
The Complete FreeBSD by Greg Lehey; Walnut Creek CDROM Books (4CDs incl.)

Linux Kernel Internals; Addison-Wesley (A-W)
Linux Device Drivers by Alessandro Rubini; O'Reilly (OR)

Operating Systems: Fourth Edition (maybe 5th by now?) by William Stallings; (PH)
Concurrent Systems: Operating Systems, Database and Distributed Systems: An Integrated Approach by Jean Bacon; (A-W)

Essential System Administration, (OR)
Distributed Unix System Administration by John R. Wetsch; R&D Books

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P.S. Hope you have a fat wallet.
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06-Nov-2006, 03:22 AM #3
My wallet is fat, but its content is non-existent

Thanx for the info. I will keep my eye out for these and pick them up when I got some money to spare. Thanx again!
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07-Nov-2006, 04:09 PM #4
You might want to try The Linux Documentation Project at:
www.tldp.org

HTH

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07-Nov-2006, 05:46 PM #5
Thanx for the link. This is alot more comprehensive then the little bits of info I have been finding. Bookmarked.
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25-Nov-2006, 12:07 PM #6
Another excellent book for those interested in Unix/Linux Systems Programming is:
Interprocess Communications in Unix: The Nooks & Crannies by John Shapley Gray

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09-Dec-2006, 08:38 AM #7
Two more books I ran into that get my thumbs up:

Understanding the Linux Kernel (Paperback) 3rd Ed.
by Daniel Pierre Bovet and Marco Cesati
Published by O'Reilly

Advanced Unix Programming (2nd Ed.)
by Marc J. Rochkind
Published by Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series

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