The Design And Implementation Of The Freebsd Operating System

This was the required material for my Operating Systems class. At first I didn't think much of the book as the first chapter was not particularly helpful. However, the later chapters are very good and contain a lot of good information on the overall implementation of the FreeBSD operating system. Having finished my Operating Systems class, I can say that this book was a great help.I also think that its value extends past being a book on the FreeBSD Operating System. The kind of topics the book covers can be applied to other operating systems. It's actually one of the few textbooks that I fully intend to keep on my shelf.

This book was extremely difficult to read. The way that the book first describes a kernel, for example, is a part of the system that runs in protected mode. It's like when defining what a fish is, you say that it lives in the water and has got fins, instead of actually telling me what it IS. This book might be decent if you actually already know operating systems, but for someone to use it in a classroom is just cruel. Even my own OS professor said that when he had to use this book in college, he hurled it against the wall because it was so difficult to read (and why he would subject his students to the same torture is beyond me).Operating systems in itself is not a difficult subject to learn; the trick is knowing definitions and where things are in an operating system. I ended up giving up reading on this book in favor of Wikipedia. To those of you who want to study operating systems on your own, I would strongly recommend against this book, as it would discourage most people. To those who had to buy this book for a class, I feel for you. My recommendation is: WIKIPEDIA. I studied off Wikipedia to understand general concepts (using the professor's lecture slides as guidelines to understand the scope of the class), and I ended up getting an A+ in the class.

If you're considering purchasing this book, then you probably don't need my input. You know what this is, and why you should get it. You also know that the new edition has landed.

A very good book for those who want to learn advanced concepts in OS. Since it is a open source the book is very useful in understanding how they look like. The paper quality is too good, which makes u read non stop. i luv reading this book. Price worth it. A good buy.

This book is helping me get more familiar with the internals of the kernel. Great book, I would buy it again.

anyone from Syracuse University Computer Science Department knew you cannot escape from it since Prof Chapin is still teaching OS .

In depth book for FreeBSD developers

Not only clearly delineates the design of FreeBSD itself, but also helps the reader understand how operating systems have changed in response to the demands imposed by networked file systems and multi-cpu hardware.A must have.

Compré esta edición como coleccionista, ya que aparece el diablo de FreeBSD en la portada (la nueva edición ha cambiado el logo) y al tratarse de un producto recuperado de una librería de segunda mano, espeeraba que estuviera en un estado peor. Me llevé una grata sorpresa al recibirlo y ver que, salvo alguna pegatina que llevaba de haber sido reciclado, el libro estaba en perfecto estado de conservación.

No hay palabras para describir a este magnífico libro que, a pesar de tener ya unos pocos años de diferencia con las versiones actuales de FreeBSD, sigue siendo total y absolutamente válido. Imprescindible para quien guste de sistemas operativos UNIX, y además basados en el que inició todo lo que tenemos hoy día ;-)

Das Buch ist keine leichte Lektüre. Wer mehr über den FreeBSD Kernel erfahren möchte, sollte hier anfangen und sich den Quellcode griffbereit daneben legen.

The paper / print quality, covers / binding is perfect.The book size is bit unwieldy, but that's to be expected.The price could be about 15-20% lesser.