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Book review: Linux System Programming by Robert Love
The book every GNU/Linux system programmer should read
- 2008-11-26
- Published on web | Intermediate
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Many people make the mistake of thinking of Linux as just another Unix. Though most system calls are indeed identical, some of them aren’t. Knowing the difference is important.
Dump Linux now!
- 2006-11-28
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I have always been a fan of fringe operating systems.
Between 1989 and 1992, I learned and used VMS, OS/2 2.0, NeXTStep on those beautiful cubes, GeoWorks, AmigaOS, and probably half-a-dozen others that I don’t recall at the moment. I loved the diversity, the differences, the similarities. Booting an unfamiliar operating system for the first time always gave me a rush of geeky machismo, usually accompanied by the irresistible urge to grow a thick mustache and learn to fence with a saber.
Perhaps it’s a sickness peculiar to geeks. Or maybe it’s just me.
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