[ale] recommended advanced linux book?

Phrostie pfrostie at yahoo.com
Wed Dec 27 08:55:19 EST 2000


sounds like you're a head of me.  

my plan was to start going down the list of books from O'Reily and
Addison/Wesley.  I just havn't gotten as far down the list as i'd have liked.

On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, you wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> I'm reasonably experienced in the Linux but lack
> detailed knowledge of the lower level details of the
> os.  I'm now at the point where I would like to move
> to the next level, getting into the down and dirty
> operating system details and into some system
> programming.
> 
> I'm looking for a resource (book, site, extended
> learning, etc.) to help guide me on this quest and
> wanted to hear what the group had to say.  
> 
> I will say that I'm fairly advanced when it comes to
> computers in general (have around 3 years of
> professional programming experience) and pick up on
> things very quickly, so I think the "Dummies" or "21
> days" books are not what I'm looking for.  I value a
> detailed explanation much more than a simplistic one. 
> In other words, I'd rather buy something I'd have to
> read 3 times to understand if it meant the alternative
> would sacrifice detail for simplicity.
> 
> I would say at this point, I'd lean more towards an
> operating system internals book rather than a system
> programming book because it seems to be the obvious
> sequence.
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> BH
> 
> 
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