Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 09:38:56 -0700 From: GoodleafJ@immunex.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT question -- Books on OS basics Message-ID: <OFB4F5AE05.BCFE3463-ON88256A62.005AC096@immunex.com>
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Thanks for the responses so far. As always, I appreciate everyone's
willingness to help. In this case though I probably didn't explain well
what I was looking for. I was hoping for theory books on operating systems.
I'm already acquainted with The Complete FreeBSD and the Handbook. (Thanks
though.) I want something that will explain different approaches to virtual
memory, or how the softupdates approach to filesystem management is
different from the journaling filesystem approach. So I'm not looking
specifically for FreeBSD stuff, but for OS stuff on a more abstract plane.
Thanks,
John
"Jonathan
Slivko" To: <GoodleafJ@immunex.com>, jeremy-novak <pr0cy0n@home.com>
<js43064n@pac cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
e.edu> Subject: Re: OT question -- Books on OS basics
06/05/01
09:29 AM
Please
respond to
js43064n
"The FreeBSD Handbook" (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook) is also
available in hardcover, it's a very good book :)
-- Jonathan
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From: jeremy-novak <pr0cy0n@home.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 10:16:27 -0600
>On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 08:27:53AM -0700, GoodleafJ@immunex.com
wrote:
>> For personal reasons, I'm interested in learning about
operating systems
>> from a theoretical perspective. Here's the thing:
>>
>> - I don't have a background in computer science.
>> - I need something basic.
>> - Please recommend something if you know of a good book(s).
>>
>> I'm prepared to accept the possibility that there is no basic
book on
>> operating systems accessible to a reasonably computer-saavy
person with no
>> CS background. In this case, can you suggest an intro to CS
that might give
>> me a background from which to proceed?
>>
>> In short, I'd like to get up to speed, and I'm willing to do
any amount of
>> reading; I just want the shortest path first, so to speak.
>>
>> Thanks for your time,
>> John
>
> Hi John
>
> Unfortunately I really don't know what single book covers this
topic. This very topic is a two years of coursework at my
university. And honesstly I really
> don't know a whole lot about Micro$oft, haven't played with it
for a couple of years. I can tell you that 'The Complete FreeBSD'
by Greg Lehey and published
> by Walnut Creek CDROM Books http://www.cdrom.com/ is the best
starter book
> for anything in the *nix category. It covers some history,
comparitive
> differences between *nix and MS structure/commands, easy to
understand
> chapters on all key phases of running the OS. If you are just
looking for
> a book that will not bruise the brain too much, yet be very
educational
> and have the ability to intelligently compare the 'popular'
OS's, this is
> 'the' book.
>
> But be carefull john. I did some similar research in 96'-97',
and I got
> toatally hooked. Today I don't own one single piece of M$
software.
> To quote 'a famous greek phillosopher' - "Once the mind is
stretched by
> new ideas, it can never re-take it's former shape". I 'was' a
junior year
> finance major who willing and ready, threw it all away to become
a C.S. major.
>
> Jeremy
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