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</author>
<revhistory>
<revision>
<revnumber>3.0</revnumber>
<date>2004-02-04</date>
<authorinitials>esr</authorinitials>
<revremark>
Major update. Removed out-of-date books, added a new one.
</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>2.1</revnumber>
<date>2003-10-28</date>
<authorinitials>esr</authorinitials>
<revremark>
Added TAOUP.
Added TAOUP.
</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
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<date>2003-07-31</date>
<authorinitials>esr</authorinitials>
<revremark>
Major revision, cleaned out obsolete stuff.
Major revision, cleaned out obsolete stuff.
</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
@ -44,7 +54,7 @@
<date>2003-02-22</date>
<authorinitials>esr</authorinitials>
<revremark>
LDP site has moved.
LDP site has moved.
</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
@ -61,7 +71,7 @@
<date>2001-06-14</date>
<authorinitials>esr</authorinitials>
<revremark>
Added Ross Anderson's "Security Engineering". Corrected ISBNs.
Added Ross Anderson's "Security Engineering". Corrected ISBNs.
</revremark>
</revision>
</revhistory>
@ -96,7 +106,7 @@ it.</para>
<para>New versions of the Linux Reading List HOWTO will be periodically
posted to <ulink url="news:comp.os.linux.answers">
comp.os.linux.answers</ulink>. They will also be uploaded to
comp.os.linux.answers</ulink>. They will also be uploaded to
various Linux WWW and FTP sites, including the LDP home page.</para>
<para>You can also view the latest version of this on the World Wide
@ -109,8 +119,7 @@ http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Reading-List-HOWTO.html</ulink>.</para>
<para>If you have questions or comments about this document (or just
want to suggest a book that you think should be on it), please feel
free to mail Eric S. Raymond, at <email>esr@thyrsus.com</email>. I welcome
any
free to mail Eric S. Raymond, at <email>esr@thyrsus.com</email>. I welcome any
suggestions or criticisms.</para>
</sect2>
@ -122,7 +131,7 @@ home page</ulink>.</para>
<para>Some years ago I wrote a less Linux-focused Unix bibliography that
may still be of some interest and retains a certain amusement
value. You can find the Loginataka <ulink
value. You can find the Loginataka <ulink
url="&home;faqs/loginataka.html">here</ulink>.</para>
<para>SAGE, the System Administrator's Guild, maintains an excellent
@ -132,15 +141,12 @@ list of relevant books</ulink>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="conventions"><title> Conventions Used In This Document</title>
<para>Comments not in quotes below are either mine, or I have seen no
reason to
change them from those of Jim Haynes (previous maintainer of this
document).
<para>Comments not in quotes below are either mine, or I have seen no reason to
change them from those of Jim Haynes (previous maintainer of this document).
Comments sent in by others are in quotes, and have the name of the
commentator before them (JH is Jim Haynes).</para>
<para>"See" URLs attached to publishing information point directly into the
publisher's web catalog and typically take you to a page containing
a cover shot, blurbs, and ordering information. Books that don't
have these lack them because the publisher is using frames and the
@ -148,8 +154,7 @@ catalog pages can't be bookmarked.</para>
<para>Topic listings go roughly from the outside in (culture to user-land
programming to kernel programming to hardware). Within sections I have
tried to list the most useful books first insofar as I am familiar with
them.
tried to list the most useful books first insofar as I am familiar with them.
It's just an embarrassing coincidence that this lists one of my books
first, honest! (Suggestions for a better organization cheerfully
accepted.)</para>
@ -165,14 +170,12 @@ accepted.)</para>
<title>The New Hacker's Dictionary</title>
<edition>Third Edition</edition>
<editor><firstname>Eric S.</firstname><surname>Raymond</surname></editor>
<copyright><year>1996</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-262-68092-0</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>MIT Press</publishername></publisher>
<pagenums>547pp.</pagenums>
<abstract>
<para>Um, er. A guide to Internet culture. Lots of people like it.
HTML at the <ulink url="&home;jargon">Jargon File
Resource Page</ulink>.</para> <para><ulink
url="http://www-mitpress.mit.edu/book-home.tcl?isbn=0262680920">
@ -190,34 +193,29 @@ accepted.)</para>
<abstract>
<para>Linux is part of the Unix tradition. This book is an oral
history of Unix -- how it originated, how it evolved, how it spread
-- by the people who were there.</para>
<para><ulink
url='http://www.awprofessional.com/catalog/product.asp?product_id={CE8A5F8A-8E49-4B84-89D4-F518971D8130}'>Order here.</ulink></para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
<biblioentry>
<title>The Mythical Man Month</title>
<edition>Anniversary Edition</edition>
<author><firstname>Frederic
P.</firstname><surname>Brooks</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Frederic P.</firstname><surname>Brooks</surname></author>
<copyright><year>1995</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-201-83595-9</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>Addison-Wesley</publishername></publisher>
<abstract>
<para>The one book on software engineering everyone should
read.</para>
<para>The one book on software engineering everyone should read.</para>
<para>Alan Cox: "This I'd recommend not for its technical
value but for its application of common sense and reality to
computing
value but for its application of common sense and reality to computing
projects." JH: "Ah, yes. What if Linus had been given 200
programmers and had been told to produce Linux in 3 months!"</para>
<para><ulink
<para><ulink url="http://www.aw-bc.com/catalog/academic/product/0,4096,0201835959,00.html">
Order here.</ulink></para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
@ -226,68 +224,31 @@ computing
<title>The Cathedral and the Bazaar</title>
<edition>Second Edition</edition>
<editor><firstname>Eric S.</firstname><surname>Raymond</surname></editor>
<copyright><year>1999</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-596-00131-2</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &
Associates</publishername></publisher>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &amp; Associates</publishername></publisher>
<pagenums>240pp.</pagenums>
<abstract>
<para>How and why the Linux development model works.
HTML <ulink url="&home;writings/cathedral-bazaar">
here</ulink>.</para>
<para>Order <ulink
<para>Order <ulink
url="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/cathbaz/">
here.</ulink>.</para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
<biblioentry>
<title>The Art of Unix Programming</title>
<editor><firstname>Eric S.</firstname><surname>Raymond</surname></editor>
<copyright><year>2003</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-131-42901-9</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>Addison-Wesley</publishername></publisher>
<pagenums>512pp.</pagenums>
<abstract>
<para>The book on how to think like a Unix expert. Browseable HTML
and ordering info live <ulink
url="&home;writings/taoup/">here</ulink>.</para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
</bibliodiv>
<bibliodiv><title>Linux basics</title>
<biblioentry>
<title>Linux Installation and Getting Started</title>
<editor><firstname>Matt</firstname><surname>Welsh</surname></editor>
<copyright><year>1997</year></copyright>
<publisher><publishername>Linux Documentation
Project</publishername></publisher>
<abstract>
<para>Available on the LDP home page, or
directly at <ulink url="&ldpsite;gs/">&ldpsite;/gs/</ulink>.</para>
<para>How to bring up Linux. Explains a lot of Linux basics.
Covers
basic system administration.</para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
<biblioentry>
<title>Linux System Administrator's Guide</title>
<editor><firstname>Lars</firstname><surname>Wirzenius</surname></editor>
<copyright><year>1997</year></copyright>
<publisher><publishername>Linux Documentation
Project</publishername></publisher>
<publisher><publishername>Linux Documentation Project</publishername></publisher>
<abstract>
<para>Available on the LDP home page, or
directly at <ulink
url="&ldpsite;/sag/">&ldpsite;/sag/</ulink>.</para>
directly at <ulink url="&ldpsite;LDP/sag/">&ldpsite;/sag/</ulink>.</para>
<para>An excellent first book on how to maintain and administer a
Linux system.</para>
@ -296,35 +257,35 @@ url="&ldpsite;/sag/">&ldpsite;/sag/</ulink>.</para>
<biblioentry>
<title>Linux in a Nutshell</title>
<edition>Second Edition</edition>
<author><firstname>Jessica
P.</firstname><surname>Hekman</surname></author>
<copyright><year>1999</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 1-56592-585-8</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &
Associates</publishername></publisher>
<edition>Fourth Edition</edition>
<author><firstname>Ellen</firstname><surname>Siever</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Stephen</firstname><surname>Figgins</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Aaron</firstname><surname>Weber</surname></author>
<copyright><year>2003</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-596-00482-6</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &amp; Associates</publishername></publisher>
<abstract>
<para>According to O'Reilly, "The Desktop Reference for Linux".
For
<para>According to O'Reilly, "The Desktop Reference for Linux". For
Linux users this obsoletes their "Unix In a Nutshell" which was
SVr4/Solaris-oriented.</para>
<para><ulink url="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxnut2/">
<para><ulink url="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxnut3/">
Order here.</ulink></para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
<biblioentry>
<title>Running Linux</title>
<edition>Third Edition</edition>
<edition>Fourth Edition</edition>
<author><firstname>Matt</firstname><surname>Welsh</surname></author>
<copyright><year>1999</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 1-56592-469-X</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &
Associates</publishername></publisher>
<author><firstname>Matthias</firstname><surname>Dallheimer</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Terry</firstname><surname>Dawson</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Lar</firstname><surname>Kaufman</surname></author>
<copyright><year>2002</year></copyright>
<isbn>0-596-00272-6</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &amp; Associates</publishername></publisher>
<abstract>
<para>Everything you need in order to understand, install, and use
the
<para>Everything you need in order to understand, install, and use the
Linux operating system. Excellent beginner's book.</para>
<para><ulink url="http://www.ora.com/catalog/runux3/">
@ -333,34 +294,28 @@ the
</biblioentry>
<biblioentry>
<title>Hands-On Linux</title>
<author><firstname>Mark G.</firstname><surname>Sobel</surname></author>
<title>A Practical Guide to Linux</title>
<author><firstname>Mark G.</firstname><surname>Sobell</surname></author>
<copyright><year>1998</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-201-32569-1</isbn>
<isbn>ISBN 0-201-89549-8</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>Addison-Wesley</publishername></publisher>
<pagenums>1015pp.</pagenums>
<pagenums>1072pp.</pagenums>
<abstract>
<para>Just what the title says -- practical tutorials in basic
Unix,
<para>Just what the title says -- practical tutorials in basic Unix,
shells, editors, mail programs, networking, Web tools, and
utilities. Covers some system administration fundamentals.
(This appears to be a repackaging of 1997's ``A Practical Guide
to Linux'' from the same author, without Caldera OpenLinux Lite
included.)</para>
utilities. Covers some system administration fundamentals.</para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
<biblioentry>
<title>Essential System Administration</title>
<edition>Second Edition</edition>
<author><firstname>Aeleen</firstname><surname>Frisch</surname></author>
<copyright><year>1995</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 1-56592-127-5</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &
Associates</publishername></publisher>
<edition>3rd Edition</edition>
<author><firstname>&AElig;leen</firstname><surname>Frisch</surname></author>
<copyright><year>2002</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-596-00343-9</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &amp; Associates</publishername></publisher>
<abstract>
<para>More in-depth coverage of normal system-administration tasks.
Not Linux-specific but contains Linux material.</para>
<para><ulink url="http://www.ora.com/catalog/esa2/noframes.html">
@ -381,8 +336,7 @@ Associates</publishername></publisher>
<abstract>
<para>The best book I've ever seen on technological security
measures and general computer security.
The section on "How to Steal a Painting" and physical alarm systems
The section on "How to Steal a Painting" and physical alarm systems
is worth the price of admission by itself.</para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
@ -390,16 +344,16 @@ Associates</publishername></publisher>
<biblioentry>
<title>Real World Linux Security</title>
<subtitle>Intrusion Prevention, Detection, and Recovery</subtitle>
<edition>2nd edition</edition>
<author><firstname>Bob</firstname><surname>Toxen</surname></author>
<copyright><year>2000</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-13-028187-5</isbn>
<copyright><year>2003</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-13-046456-2</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>Prentice-Hall</publishername></publisher>
<abstract>
<para>This is excellent work, the standard by which future Linux
security books will be judged. I wrote a foreword for it. Combines
step-by-step practical instructions on hardining a Linux system
with good theory on attack paths, rings of protection, and security
analysis. Describes many counters for specific exploits. </para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
@ -412,46 +366,38 @@ Associates</publishername></publisher>
<edition>Third Edition</edition>
<authorgroup>
<author><firstname>Larry</firstname><surname>Wall</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Tom</firstname><surname>Christiansen</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Tom</firstname><surname>Christiansen</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Jon</firstname><surname>Orwant</surname></author>
</authorgroup>
<copyright><year>2000</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-596-00027-8</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &
Associates</publishername></publisher>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &amp; Associates</publishername></publisher>
<pagenums>1104pp.</pagenums>
<abstract>
<para>Shell (as a programming language for more than trivial
scripting)
<para>Shell (as a programming language for more than trivial scripting)
is dead. Perl rules in its place (though it is now being strongly
challenged by Python). This is the third edition of
challenged by Python). This is the third edition of
the definitive Perl book.</para>
<para><ulink url="http://www.ora.com/catalog/esa2/noframes.html">
<para><ulink url="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pperl3/">
Order here.</ulink></para>
<para>Emmanuel Pierre keeps a <ulink
url="http://www.e-nef.com/perl/listeperl.html.en">short list of
Perl
url="http://www.e-nef.com/perl/listeperl.html.en">short list of Perl
books</ulink>.</para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
<biblioentry>
<title>Programming Python</title>
<edition>First Edition</edition>
<edition>Second Edition</edition>
<author><firstname>Mark</firstname><surname>Lutz</surname></author>
<copyright><year>1997</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-56592-197-6</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &
Associates</publishername></publisher>
<pagenums>880pp.</pagenums>
<copyright><year>2001</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-596-00085-5</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &amp; Associates</publishername></publisher>
<abstract>
<para>The next step beyond Perl. Python is beautifully designed,
has better integration with C, and scales up more gracefully to
large
has better integration with C, and scales up more gracefully to large
projects.</para>
<para><ulink url="http://www.ora.com/catalog/python/">
@ -460,23 +406,21 @@ large
</biblioentry>
<biblioentry>
<title>HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide</title>
<edition>Fourth Edition</edition>
<title>HTML &amp; XHTML: The Definitive Guide</title>
<edition>Fifth Edition</edition>
<authorgroup>
<author><firstname>Chuck</firstname><surname>Musciano</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Bill</firstname><surname>Kennedy</surname></author>
</authorgroup>
<copyright><year>2000</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-596-00026-X</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &
Associates</publishername></publisher>
<copyright><year>2002</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-596-00382-X</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &amp; Associates</publishername></publisher>
<pagenums>680pp.</pagenums>
<abstract>
<para>The best HTML tutorial/reference I have ever seen, and the
only
<para>The best HTML tutorial/reference I have ever seen, and the only
HTML book you need unless you also want to do CGI. I don't know of
any other book on HTML that comes within miles of this one for
comprehensiveness, depth, and quality of organization.</para>
any other book on HTML that comes within miles of this one for
comprehensiveness, depth, and quality of organization.</para>
<para><ulink url="http://www.ora.com/catalog/html5/">
Order here.</ulink></para>
@ -487,15 +431,13 @@ only
<title>The Unix Programming Environment</title>
<authorgroup>
<author><firstname>Brian</firstname><surname>Kernighan</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Rob</firstname><surname>Pike</surname></author>
</authorgroup>
<copyright><year>1984</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-13-937681-X</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>Prentice-Hall</publishername></publisher>
<abstract>
<para>A true classic -- possibly the best single-book exposition of
the
<para>A true classic -- possibly the best single-book exposition of the
Unix philosophy. Useful for learning shell programming.</para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
@ -506,13 +448,9 @@ the
<biblioentry>
<title>The LaTeX Companion</title>
<authorgroup>
<author><firstname>Michael</firstname><surname>Goossens</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Frank</firstname><surname>Mittelbach</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Alexander</firstname><surname>Samarin</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Michael</firstname><surname>Goossens</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Frank</firstname><surname>Mittelbach</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Alexander</firstname><surname>Samarin</surname></author>
</authorgroup>
<copyright><year>1994</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-201-54199-8</isbn>
@ -523,12 +461,11 @@ the
LaTeX can be extended to create the nicest documents possible
without becoming a (La)TeX guru, then this book is for you' ---
from the Preface. Bruce Thompson adds: "A very nice book providing
a lot of information about the new extensions to LaTeX, provides a
large number of examples showing precisely how your document's
layout can be manipulated"</para>
<para><ulink
<para><ulink url="http://www.awprofessional.com/catalog/product.asp?product_id={2B50D478-D4C6-41F2-BD2F-F65E8A99E1C4}">
Order here.</ulink></para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
@ -543,13 +480,13 @@ the
<abstract>
<para>Bruce Thompson: "The ultimate reference on LaTeX 2.09 by its
author. A new edition covering LaTeX2e (the version included in
the current TeX/LaTeX distribution) is in preparation. LaTeX 2.09
is fully supported by LaTeX2e. A must for anyone wanting to use
LaTeX. Provides a gentle introduction to document preparation and
the current TeX/LaTeX distribution) is in preparation. LaTeX 2.09
is fully supported by LaTeX2e. A must for anyone wanting to use
LaTeX. Provides a gentle introduction to document preparation and
the various tools that LaTeX provides for producing professional
quality documents. Lots of examples."</para>
<para><ulink
<para><ulink url="http://www.awprofessional.com/catalog/product.asp?product_id={3DC3049A-068B-4184-B406-C13CBFC93CEB}">
Order here.</ulink></para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
@ -582,12 +519,12 @@ the
<abstract>
<para>Bruce Thompson: "The definitive user's guide and reference
manual for METAFONT, the companion program to TeX for designing
fonts. An excellent work if you're planning to design your own
fonts. An excellent work if you're planning to design your own
fonts for use in TeX and LaTeX. METAFONT is included with the
normal TeX/LaTeX distribution." This book is
<emphasis>definitely</emphasis> not for the faint of heart.</para>
<para><ulink
<para><ulink url="http://www.awprofessional.com/catalog/product.asp?product_id={27AADE0A-B3C5-4F6E-B79F-5A53027EA008}">
Order here.</ulink></para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
@ -600,7 +537,6 @@ the
<title>The Practice of Programming</title>
<authorgroup>
<author><firstname>Brian</firstname><surname>Kernighan</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Rob</firstname><surname>Pike</surname></author>
</authorgroup>
<copyright><year>1999</year></copyright>
@ -625,14 +561,39 @@ the
<abstract>
<para>These are selected essays from Bentley's column in the
Communications of the ACM. He discusses a wide variety of issues in
program improvement, often focusing on program efficiency.</para>
<para><ulink
<para><ulink url="http://www.awprofessional.com/catalog/product.asp?product_id={8D9EB790-15B3-41C9-AE3D-8149347A52AA}">
Order here.</ulink></para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
<biblioentry>
<title>The Art of Unix Programming</title>
<editor><firstname>Eric S.</firstname><surname>Raymond</surname></editor>
<copyright><year>2003</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-131-42901-9</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>Addison-Wesley</publishername></publisher>
<pagenums>512pp.</pagenums>
<abstract>
<para>The book on how to think like a Unix expert. Browseable HTML
and ordering info live <ulink
url="&home;writings/taoup/">here</ulink>.</para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
<biblioentry>
<title>Code Reading</title>
<subtitle>The Open Source Perspective</subtitle>
<editor><firstname>Diomedis</firstname><surname>Spinellis</surname></editor>
<copyright><year>2003</year></copyright>
<publisher><publishername>Addison-Wesley</publishername></publisher>
<abstract>
<para>A good book on an often-neglected skill. Order
<ulink url="http://www.awprofessional.com/catalog/product.asp?product_id={DE5EA6BB-1743-406B-A680-D1B335BA7EA2}&amp;session_id={D106B2CE-36F1-4EA0-8651-74B623E0CECD}">here</ulink>.</para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
<biblioentry>
<title>Writing Efficient Programs</title>
<author><firstname>Jon</firstname><surname>Bentley</surname></author>
@ -641,7 +602,6 @@ the
<publisher><publishername>Prentice-Hall</publishername></publisher>
<abstract>
<para>This book presents Bentley's methodology and set of rules for
improving program efficiency, and includes a large number of
examples.</para>
</abstract>
@ -656,7 +616,6 @@ the
<edition>(Second Edition)</edition>
<authorgroup>
<author><firstname>Brian</firstname><surname>Kernighan</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Dennis</firstname><surname>Ritchie</surname></author>
</authorgroup>
<copyright><year>1988</year></copyright>
@ -665,8 +624,7 @@ the
<pagenums>272pp.</pagenums>
<abstract>
<para>The improved second edition, covering ANSI C, of the original
classic C book coauthored by C's designer, "K&R". Still the
classic C book coauthored by C's designer, "K&amp;R". Still the
best!</para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
@ -680,9 +638,7 @@ the
<pagenums>508pp.</pagenums>
<abstract>
<para>The best introductory book on C++ I have seen. Now available
<ulink url="http://www.steveheller.com/whos">on the
Web</ulink>.</para>
<ulink url="http://www.steveheller.com/whos">on the Web</ulink>.</para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
@ -694,8 +650,7 @@ Web</ulink>.</para>
<author><firstname>Donald</firstname><surname>Lewine</surname></author>
<copyright><year>1992</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-937175-73-0</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &
Associates</publishername></publisher>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &amp; Associates</publishername></publisher>
<pagenums>607pp.</pagenums>
<abstract>
<para>Linux hews very close to the letter of the POSIX standard
@ -710,13 +665,12 @@ Associates</publishername></publisher>
<biblioentry>
<title>Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment</title>
<author><firstname>W.</firstname><othername>Richard</othername><surname>Stevens</surname></author>
<copyright><year>1993</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-201-56317-7</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>Addison-Wesley</publishername></publisher>
<abstract>
<para>A book on general Unix programming that is every bit as good
as
<para>A book on general Unix programming that is every bit as good as
Stevens's classic on network programming.</para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
@ -724,8 +678,7 @@ as
<biblioentry>
<title>Linux Application Development</title>
<authorgroup>
<author><firstname>Michael
K.</firstname><surname>Johnson</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Michael K.</firstname><surname>Johnson</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Erik W.</firstname><surname>Troan</surname></author>
</authorgroup>
<copyright><year>1998</year></copyright>
@ -741,25 +694,20 @@ K.</firstname><surname>Johnson</surname></author>
<bibliodiv><title>Books on Networking</title>
<biblioentry>
<title>Unix Network Programming, volume 1 -- Networking APIs: Sockets and
XTI</title>
<author><firstname>Richard</firstname><surname>Stevens</surname></author>
<title>Unix Network Programming, volume 1 -- Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI</title>
<author><firstname>W.</firstname><othername>Richard</othername><surname>Stevens</surname></author>
<copyright><year>1998</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-13-490012-X</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>Prentice-Hall</publishername></publisher>
<abstract>
<para>Everything you might want to know about the subject.
Generally
<para>Everything you might want to know about the subject. Generally
regarded as definitive on the basics.</para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
<biblioentry>
<title>Unix Network Programming, volume 2 -- Interprocess
Communication</title>
<title>Unix Network Programming, volume 2 -- Interprocess Communication</title>
<author><firstname>Richard</firstname><surname>Stevens</surname></author>
<copyright><year>1998</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-13-081081-9</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>Prentice-Hall</publishername></publisher>
@ -773,12 +721,10 @@ Communication</title>
<author><firstname>Olaf</firstname><surname>Kirch</surname></author>
<copyright><year>1995</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 1-56592-087-2</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &
Associates</publishername></publisher>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &amp; Associates</publishername></publisher>
<abstract>
<para>Available on the LDP home page, or
directly at <ulink
url="&ldpsite;nag/nag.html">&ldpsite;nag.html</ulink>.</para>
directly at <ulink url="&ldpsite;nag/nag.html">&ldpsite;nag.html</ulink>.</para>
<para>An excellent first book on how to maintain and administer a
networked Linux system.</para>
@ -790,12 +736,11 @@ url="&ldpsite;nag/nag.html">&ldpsite;nag.html</ulink>.</para>
<author><firstname>Craig</firstname><surname>Hunt</surname></author>
<copyright><year>1992</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-937175-82-X</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &
Associates</publishername></publisher>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &amp; Associates</publishername></publisher>
<pagenums>472pp.</pagenums>
<abstract>
<para>Less Linux-specific than the Kirch book. Features deeper
coverage of the TCP/IP core, including routing and BGP.</para>
<para>Less Linux-specific than the Kirch book. Features deeper
coverage of the TCP/IP core, including routing and BGP.</para>
<para><ulink url="http://www.ora.com/catalog/tcp2/noframes.html">
Order here.</ulink></para>
@ -812,13 +757,10 @@ Associates</publishername></publisher>
<copyright><year>1998</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 1-56592-512-2</isbn>
<pagenums>502pp.</pagenums>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &
Associates</publishername></publisher>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &amp; Associates</publishername></publisher>
<abstract>
<para>In-depth coverage of DNS, useful for people running
complicated
multiple-subnet installations. Covers BIND library
programming.</para>
<para>In-depth coverage of DNS, useful for people running complicated
multiple-subnet installations. Covers BIND library programming.</para>
<para><ulink url="http://www.ora.com/catalog/dns2/noframes.html">
Order here.</ulink></para>
@ -827,22 +769,20 @@ programming.</para>
<biblioentry>
<title>Sendmail</title>
<edition>Second Edition</edition>
<edition>Third Edition</edition>
<authorgroup>
<author><firstname>Bryan</firstname><surname>Costales</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Eric</firstname><surname>Allman</surname></author>
</authorgroup>
<copyright><year>1997</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 1-56592-222-0</isbn>
<pagenums>1050pp.</pagenums>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &
Associates</publishername></publisher>
<copyright><year>2002</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 1-56592-839-3</isbn>
<pagenums>1232pp.</pagenums>
<publisher><publishername>O'Reilly &amp; Associates</publishername></publisher>
<abstract>
<para>An exhaustive (and exhausting) guide to Linux's and Unix's
default mail-transfer agent.</para>
<para><ulink
url="http://www.ora.com/catalog/sendmail2/noframes.html">
<para><ulink url="http://www.ora.com/catalog/sendmail2/noframes.html">
Order here.</ulink></para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
@ -854,7 +794,6 @@ url="http://www.ora.com/catalog/sendmail2/noframes.html">
<biblioentry>
<title>The Design of the Unix Operating System</title>
<author><firstname>Maurice J.</firstname><surname>Bach</surname></author>
<copyright><year>1996</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-13-201799-7</isbn>
<pagenums>470pp.</pagenums>
@ -862,27 +801,23 @@ url="http://www.ora.com/catalog/sendmail2/noframes.html">
<abstract>
<para>The book that got Linus started.</para>
<para><ulink
url="http://www.prenhall.com/books/ptr_0132017997.html">
<para><ulink url="http://www.prenhall.com/books/ptr_0132017997.html">
Order here.</ulink></para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
<biblioentry>
<title>Operating Systems, Design and Implementation</title>
<author><firstname>Andrew
S.</firstname><surname>Tanenbaum</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Andrew S.</firstname><surname>Tanenbaum</surname></author>
<copyright><year>1987</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-13-638677-6</isbn>
<pagenums>940pp.</pagenums>
<publisher><publishername>Prentice-Hall</publishername></publisher>
<abstract>
<para>Alan Cox likes this book. Tanenbaum designed Minix, which is
the system Linus bootstrapped Linux up from.</para>
<para><ulink
url="http://www.prenhall.com/books/esm_0136386776.html">
<para><ulink url="http://www.prenhall.com/books/esm_0136386776.html">
Order here.</ulink></para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
@ -894,20 +829,16 @@ url="http://www.prenhall.com/books/esm_0136386776.html">
<biblioentry>
<title>The Linux Kernel book</title>
<authorgroup>
<author><firstname>Rmy</firstname><surname>Card</surname></author>
<author><firstname>ric</firstname><surname>Dumas</surname></author>
<author><firstname>R&eacute;my</firstname><surname>Card</surname></author>
<author><firstname>&Egrave;ric</firstname><surname>Dumas</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Frank</firstname><surname>M&eacute;vel</surname></author>
</authorgroup>
<copyright><year>1998</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-471-98141-9</isbn>
<publisher><publishername>John Wiley &
Sons</publishername></publisher>
<publisher><publishername>John Wiley &amp; Sons</publishername></publisher>
<abstract>
<para>(Translated from the French language edition of
"Programmation Linux 2.0"; same authors; 1997; <EFBFBD>ditions
"Programmation Linux 2.0"; same authors; 1997; &Eacute;ditions
Eyrolles; Paris, France.)</para>
<para>A very interesting and informative examination of the
@ -919,7 +850,6 @@ Sons</publishername></publisher>
actual work.</para>
<para>The primary author is one of the core developers for the ext2
filesystem, and the Linux Kernel book shows a firm grasp of the
matter and clear explanations and structure. It's surprisingly
readable for something working at such a low level. The book does
@ -928,8 +858,7 @@ Sons</publishername></publisher>
readable. (The code example files are charmingly still named in
French.)</para>
<para>The book is current to Linux 2.0.35 and foreshadows 2.1 and
2.2.
<para>The book is current to Linux 2.0.35 and foreshadows 2.1 and 2.2.
Network protocol implementations are not covered.</para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
@ -954,7 +883,7 @@ Sons</publishername></publisher>
architecture of the Linux core and network layer as well as driver
construction.</para>
<para><ulink
<para><ulink url="http://www.awprofessional.com/catalog/product.asp?product_id={8D651984-15AF-4C2D-B17C-C07A7758DF23}">
Order here.</ulink></para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
@ -964,16 +893,12 @@ Sons</publishername></publisher>
<bibliodiv><title>Relatives of Linux</title>
<biblioentry>
<title>The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Unix Operating
System</title>
<title>The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Unix Operating System</title>
<authorgroup>
<author><firstname>Marshall
Kirk</firstname><surname>McKusick</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Marshall Kirk</firstname><surname>McKusick</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Keith</firstname><surname>Bostic</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Michael
J.</firstname><surname>Karels</surname></author>
<author><firstname>John
S.</firstname><surname>Quarterman</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Michael J.</firstname><surname>Karels</surname></author>
<author><firstname>John S.</firstname><surname>Quarterman</surname></author>
</authorgroup>
<copyright><year>1996</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-201-54979-4</isbn>
@ -982,11 +907,10 @@ S.</firstname><surname>Quarterman</surname></author>
<para>The successor to a classic book on the implementation of the
4.3 BSD kernel, which influenced Linux's design (especially near
sockets and networking). This book covers the 4.4BSD base of
BSD/OS,
FreeBSD, and NetBSD.</para>
sockets and networking). This book covers the 4.4BSD base of BSD/OS,
FreeBSD, and NetBSD.</para>
<para><ulink
<para><ulink url="http://www.aw-bc.com/catalog/academic/product/0,4096,0201549794,00.html">
Order here.</ulink></para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
@ -1001,11 +925,11 @@ BSD/OS,
<isbn>ISBN 1-55512-022-9</isbn>
<abstract>
<para>Part I. Applications Programming, data types, memory model,
instruction set. Part II. Systems Programming, architecture,
memory management, protection, multitasking, I/O, exceptions and
interrupts, initialization, coprocessing and multiprocessing. Part
III. Compatibility (with earlier x86 machines). Part
IV. Instruction Set</para>
instruction set. Part II. Systems Programming, architecture,
memory management, protection, multitasking, I/O, exceptions and
interrupts, initialization, coprocessing and multiprocessing. Part
III. Compatibility (with earlier x86 machines). Part
IV. Instruction Set</para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
@ -1015,29 +939,25 @@ BSD/OS,
<copyright><year>1987</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 1-55512-023-7</isbn>
<abstract>
<para>This explains the 386 features for operating system writers.
It
includes a chapter on Unix implementation. A lot of the 80386
architecture seems to have been designed with Multics in mind; the
features are not used by DOS or by Unix.</para>
<para>This explains the 386 features for operating system writers. It
includes a chapter on Unix implementation. A lot of the 80386
architecture seems to have been designed with Multics in mind; the
features are not used by DOS or by Unix.</para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
<biblioentry>
<title>Programming the 80386</title>
<authorgroup>
<author><firstname>John
H.</firstname><surname>Crawford</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Patrick
P.</firstname><surname>Gelsinger</surname></author>
<author><firstname>John H.</firstname><surname>Crawford</surname></author>
<author><firstname>Patrick P.</firstname><surname>Gelsinger</surname></author>
</authorgroup>
<copyright><year>1987</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-89588-381-3</isbn>
<pagenums>774pp.</pagenums>
<abstract>
<para>This is the book the Jolitzes used when they ported BSD to
the
386 architecture.</para>
<para>This is the book the Jolitzes used when they ported BSD to the
386 architecture.</para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
@ -1048,14 +968,13 @@ the
<isbn>ISBN 1-55512-024-5</isbn>
<abstract>
<para>Pin connections, timing, waveforms, block diagrams, voltages,
all that kind of stuff.</para>
all that kind of stuff.</para>
</abstract>
</biblioentry>
<biblioentry>
<title>The Indispensable PC Hardware Book</title>
<author><firstname>Hans-Peter</firstname><surname>Messmer</surname></author>
<copyright><year>1993</year></copyright>
<isbn>ISBN 0-201-62424-9</isbn>
<pagenums>1000pp.</pagenums>
@ -1113,9 +1032,7 @@ rather than his.</para>
The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
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