Actually, I went out last night and picked up a copy of Linux Kernel
Development by Robert Love. Very well written and covers just the stuff I
was looking for. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to understand
what's under the hood.

Techno-Pompous-Ahole

> try the yellow and black book called "linux for dummies". its certainly an
> interesting read.
>
> Technomage
>
> On Wednesday 21 January 2004 05:11 pm, Phil Mattison wrote:
> > Wow, that article about Sterling Ball is impressive.
> >
> > http://news.com.com/2008-1082_3-5065859.html?tag=3Dlh
> >
> > I've been toying with the idea of using Linux for more than a web
server,
> > but have been hesitant because of the apparent learning curve relative
to
> > the benefits. I've already sworn never to adopt WinXP, so maybe I was
> > already half way there, but this article convinced me it is worth the
> > effort to become proficient with Linux. Part of the reason I started
using
> > Linux was that I sort of missed the old days with DOS (believe it or
not)
> > because then you had complete control over the machine, such as it was.
You
> > have that with Linux but its a lot more complex. Along those lines, I've
> > bought quite a few books already in an attempt to 'grok' Linux, but they
> > all seem either too rudimentary (click here to install) or too bogged
down
> > in the details of some specific distro. Can anyone suggest a good source
> > for the overall structure and conventions used in Linux, other than
"Linux
> > Internals?" I read "Linux Programming," which helped a lot, but I still
> > don't quite feel like I've got the big picture. My problem is I have
lots
> > of other things to do besides tinker with Linux, so, "Learn Linux in
> > 100,000 Easy Steps" won't do it for me. I worked my way through "make
> > xconfig" recently and it seems a lot of stuff is baked into the kernel
that
> > I wouldn't have expected to be. Is there a clean boundary between kernel
> > and device drivers, for example? I guess what I'm looking for is where
are
> > the boundaries and what do the interfaces look like, without getting an
> > explanation of how to write a demand-paged virtual memory manager. --
> > Phil Mattison
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> >