Books: A User's Report
Elizabeth Zinkann
Systems, and their detail-oriented administration procedures,
are constantly changing, to both the delight and the dismay of
administrators. Whether the new features or processes cause relief
or chagrin depends on the individual administrator's experience and
the specific operating system. Some of the recent books that I
recognized as valuable assets and references include: Operating
Systems: Internals and Design Principles, Third Edition by
William Stallings (Prentice Hall); Upgrading and Repairing
PCs, Tenth Anniversary Edition by Scott Mueller with Craig
Zacker (The Scott Mueller Library Series, Que Corporation);
Solaris 2.X for Managers and Administrators, Second Edition by
Curt Freeland, Dwight McKay, and Kent Parkinson (OnWord Press, High
Mountain Press); Hands-On KornShell93 Programming by Barry
Rosenberg (Addison-Wesley); and the Apache Server Bible by
Mohammed J. Kabir (IDG Books).
Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles
Third Edition
By William Stallings
Prentice Hall
ISBN 0-13-887407-7
784 Pages
$67.00
http://www.prenhall.com/
At a time when operating systems are evolving and seem to offer
the user an infinite number of choices (i.e., Mac 8.5, Windows 95,
Solaris 2.X, Windows 98, HP-UX, Windows NT (2000), AIX, and the
various distributions of Linux (Red Hat 5.2, Slackware 3.5,
S.u.S.E. 5.3, Caldera's OpenLinux 1.3, and Debian), to name a few),
the administrator's selection process becomes more complex. Without
careful examination and planning, a system can resemble a Halloween
"fun house" with unwelcome surprises at unexpected and inconvenient
times. To prevent an unwise decision, the administrator must
recognize and consider his company's needs and preferences, the
differences among operating systems, and the design elements
utilized in operating system architecture.
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