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Textbook and References

Modern OS Modern Operating Systems (4th Edition) Hardcover – by Andrew S. Tanenbaum (Author), Herbert Bos (Author), Pearson; ISBN-13: 978-0133591620. The book also has: a webpage. In particular visit it for the Errata and the online Resources. We will follow the material in this textbook, but not in all aspects. The exercises and discussion in this book will be helpful to supplement what is discussed in class.

Other References

  • Linux reference
  • Dragon Book. Operating system concepts / Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne.
  • Wolfgang Mauerer, “Professional Linux Kernel Architecture”, October 2008, Wiley.
  • Bovet and Cesati, “Understanding the Linux Kernel”, 3rd edition, 2006, O’Reilly. This book is very popular. Love, “Linux Kernel Development”, 2nd edition, 2005, Novell Press.
  • W. Richard Stevens, “Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment”, Addison-Wesley, 2005. This is a classic. Honor Code