Operating Systems
by Remzi H Arpaci-Dusseau, Andrea C Arpaci-Dusseau · first published 2018
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Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau. It is free here http://ostep.org/
on “Ask HN: What is a good book on operating systems?” ↗See this, from one of the authors of one of the best undergraduate textbooks on operating systems: • The Case for Free Online Books (FOBs): Experiences with "Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces" by Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, http://from-a-to-remzi.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-case-for-fre...
on “Show HN: Select Star SQL, an interactive SQL book” ↗Symbolic Logic and The Game of Logic, by Lewis Carroll Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces, by Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau
on “Ask HN: Best value Comp. Sc. book for 100€?” ↗"Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces Remzi H Arpaci-Dusseau, Andrea C Arpaci-Dusseau" It is by one of the coauthors of the Hennessy and Patterson book and it is uptodate, well written and free. http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/OSTEP/…
on “Ask HN: What Operating Systems courses would you recommend?” ↗CODE: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software - Charles Petzold The Elements of Computing Systems - Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces - Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau, Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau
on “Crafting Interpreters: A Review” ↗Data structures and algorithms: "Competitive Programmer’s Handbook" by Antti Laaksonen (https://cses.fi/book/book.pdf). Operating systems: "Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces" by Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau (http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/OSTEP/).
on “Ask HN: What is one great, easy-to-read book about CS that is not widely known?” ↗…A Philosophy of Software Design By Ousterhout Functional Programming in Scala by Paul Chiusano and Rúnar Bjarnason Mastering Regular Expressions by Jeffrey Friedl Programming in Scala by Odersky Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces by Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau and Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau
on “Ask HN: What relatively recent technical books do you recommend?” ↗…recommendation for students and practitioners interested in OS theory and internals with a solid practical connection is Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau's (University of Wisconsin-Madison) "Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces". The book is available for free as PDF from https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/OSTEP/
on “Introduction to Operating Systems: Behind the Desktop” ↗…Learned Losing A Million Dollars (Moynihan) Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems (Google) Adventures in Human Being: A Grand Tour from the Cranium to the Calcaneum (Francis) Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces (Arpaci-Dusseau)
on “Ask HN: What books have you read in the first half of 2016?” ↗…Computer Networking: ATM Networks, the Internet, and the Telephone Network by S. Keshav. Unlike other books, it actually does give you a 360 degree view of the entire field which is no mean task. On Operating Systems: I have heard good things about Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces by Arpaci-Dusseau though i haven't read it myself.
on “Ask HN: I'm looking for a good book on the fundamentals of CS” ↗