Operating System Theory

Modern Operating Systems (2nd Edition)

Format: Hardcover
Author: Andrew Tanenbaum
ReleaseDate: 28 February, 2001
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Rating:

Amazing
The writing is straightforward and really demystifies OSs. I have been able to, using just this book, read and learn about operating systems in a very thorough and painless way. I am a college CS student taking an OS course and this has been an invaluable asset.

Very, very cool! One of the kind!
It does not overwhelm with technical details and does not press too much. This book is a very nice overview of contemporary conceptions of what is operating system would be and it discusses many facets of the issue. I also followed an advise in someone's review and purchased "UNIX Essentials" DVD that is complete UNIX course recorded. These two nicely complement one another. You watch it and you read it. If you didn't catch it from the first try you watch it again and read it again. In two months I found myself confident to that extend that gave advises to our system administrator and he accepted them because there were subjects that he wasn't completely sure. What I can say, in three month I passed my first interview and got a job! Sure it is a way to start there much of more advanced reading that will take over you with a time however these two provide you with the BASIS!
I can't overstate how much I have learned from them. Don't be naive, though. You will have to learn and memorize many things. The fact of owning neither book nor DVD will not make you knowledgeable, but if you will work it trough, trust me, you will surprise many people around!.

my favorite Computer Science book
It has a proud place on my book shelf. Just finished my bachelor's degree in Computer Science and looking back this is hands down the best, most readable textbook I had in college. I can't claim to have read the *entire* book (though I was supposed to), but I read quite a lot of it and it was fascinating.

Tanenbaum covers the material in depth, but he has a relaxed, entertaining writing style that is engaging and amazingly easy to follow considering the weighty material. There are undoubtedly occasional mistakes, but unlike other books with more obtuse, "I am smarter than you" writing styles, you're actually awake enough to spot the mistakes when they show up. I don't ever remember being baffled by any mistakes. After reading the reviews by this book's few detractors, all I can do is shrug my shoulders and say that I loved it and that every classmate I talked to (including two roommates) wholeheartedly agreed.

By the way, I concur with an earlier reviewer in highly encouraging readers to read the case studies of Unix/Linux and Windows 2000 in chapters 10 & 11. . . fascinating stuff.