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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 20, 2012
The depth and breadth of this book is simply amazing. It covers pretty much everything what a software engineer should know about Linux system calls, and much more. It is very clearly written, with tons of great examples and questions at the end of each chapter. This is not just a great Linux book, but probably one of the best technical book I've ever read. The editing and format of the book is also excellent - although they do exist -, I did not find any obvious errors, certainly not one that altered the understanding of a topic.
I read it in tutorial style (i.e. linearly almost every chapter), but one could easily use it as a reference, since most of the chapters stands on their own, as all the relevant and important information is either referenced or reiterated.
My only problem that the electronic version should have been included (just like Manning Publication's books); since the size of the book prevents you to carry it around (1500+ pages with a fairly small font)...
After this book, I'd blindly buy anything from Michael Kerrisk.
I read it in tutorial style (i.e. linearly almost every chapter), but one could easily use it as a reference, since most of the chapters stands on their own, as all the relevant and important information is either referenced or reiterated.
My only problem that the electronic version should have been included (just like Manning Publication's books); since the size of the book prevents you to carry it around (1500+ pages with a fairly small font)...
After this book, I'd blindly buy anything from Michael Kerrisk.
