* On 2015 13 Apr 13:38 -0500, Petter Adsen wrote: > On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 20:21:49 +0300 > Reco <recovery...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 12:36:28AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > > > The question is, what is the nature of the understanding that you > > > want of Linux? Is it the interaction between the layers, for > > > example, the HAL and the higher layers; is it the multitasking; is > > > it understanding administration (such as, do not do one of the > > > whoopsies - using "chmod .", as one (other) student did, when I was > > > learning UNIX), is it scripting and shell processing, or, is it the > > > "design and implementation" of the operating system, and, in that, > > > does what you want, include comparative design and implementation > > > of operating systems? > > > > Let's see as I didn't have OS design in mind. Something like: > > > > Exit codes and their value in real life. > > Strings handling, memory allocation. > > Process control and daemonisation (sp?). > > Signal handling. > > Inter-process communication (sockets, pipes). > > IP protocol use and abuse. > > Shared memory. > > Threads. > > Libraries and their usage. > > Just to pipe in here, these are among the things that I want an > understanding of - especially numbers 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9. With extra > focus on 9 and 6b :) Also things like communication between processes > and devices, file systems, etc. I want to learn how to find out why > things work the way they do, if that makes sense.
Then you may want to look at The Linux Programming Interface: http://man7.org/tlpi/ It is not a volume for the faint of heart, but seems quite complete. In fact, I received notification some time back that a new printing was available for download (I have both the ebook/PDF and hard copy). Nice touch, thought I. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150413221146.gu...@n0nb.us
