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Date:      Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:19:25 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Bj?rn K?nig <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de>
Cc:        "Jorge Mario G. Mazo" <murcielako@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Good Operating systems book?
Message-ID:  <20050922201925.GA16192@flame.pc>
In-Reply-To: <43330993.60700@cs.tu-berlin.de>
References:  <20050922191101.86254.qmail@web50113.mail.yahoo.com> <43330993.60700@cs.tu-berlin.de>

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On 2005-09-22 21:44, Bj?rn K?nig <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de> wrote:
> Jorge Mario G. Mazo wrote:
>> I want to learn about operating system to later start contributing to
>> FreeBSD I would like to hear what books are good for newbies like me!
>> NOTE: my C skills are pretty decent
>>
>> At a local library thre is a copy of Modern Operating System by
>> Andrew tanebaum, but it`s the old edtion (from 1989 I think) so I'm
>> not sure if that would still be valid!!!

Tanenbaum's book is a great read.  Some of the stuff it contains is
useful even after years.  I also like the following book a lot:

    Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne
    "Operating Systems' Concepts"
    Sixth Edition
    Wiley Press
    ISBN: 0-471-41743-2

> This is a good book if you want to know more about the FreeBSD kernel:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201702452/

Seconded.  This is an amazing book and *is* kernel specific.  It may be
a bit difficult as an introductory text for userland work, but it's
definitely one of the most appreciated items of my book collection :)




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