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Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 09:58:38 -0600
From: Jon Drews <jon.drews@gmail.com>
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Subject: Learning UNIX internals
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Hi:

  I was thinking of getting one of these two books. I want to learn
more about how UNIX and in particular, FreeBSD work. Has anyone read
either of these books?

UNIX Internals: The New Frontiers
by Uresh Vahalia

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0131019082/ref=3Dpd_bxgy_img_=
2/104-6904022-3119131?v=3Dglance&s=3Dbooks&n=3D3863

Design of the UNIX Operating System (Prentice Hall Software Series)
by Maurice J. Bach
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/0132017997/ref=3Dcm_cr_dp=
_2_1/104-6904022-3119131?%5Fencoding=3DUTF8&customer-reviews.sort%5Fby=3D-S=
ubmissionDate&n=3D3863
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Kind regards,
Jonathan