Philipp Thomas wrote:
I at least (and I guess a few others) won't buy a book I/they don't need otherwise. So posting links to e.g. wikipedia is much better for such a discussion.
It's a very good read about OS design and internals -- at least as good as the Unix OS books and loads better than the BSD OS books -- which are barely better than annotated source listings. Even though I don't use BSD, or OS/2, or a few-several other of the OS-related books I've read, I find that getting knowledge about how different OS's do things tends to lessen the tendency towards tunnel vision that so many experts become increasingly guilty of as they become more 'expert', though the successful ones often tout interdisciplinary knowledge (including outside the computer field) as being invaluable for optimal function in creativity, insight and design. Wikipedia is an invaluable and excellent resource for many topics, I use it often -- and have contributed to it as well. However it has some competing goals that make it hard to be excellent in all things: 1) It must steed clear of copyrighted material or material not in the public domain. 2) It desires references for all included material & 3) very often -- references are only to be found in copyrighted works -- and personal knowledge is NOT considered (many instances of this) a valid 'reference'... (seems weird if someone is an expert, but you can't 'cite' yourself -- well maybe, you can if you are published, but usually not)... Some of those items conflict w/each other... so it makes it hard for it to be an ideal source for everything, but I'll swear by it for most things!... But for in-depth knowledge in one area -- curling up w/a good book is hard to beat. No tablet (even if I had one) is as flexible or as versatile. But just for you -- I looked, and a used paperback edition of the 5th (good for most stuff up through Vista -- even into Win7... though the 6th came out in April of this year), can be had for $2.08: (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/listing/2687470011255 ). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org