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FreeBSD -- Comprehensive, up-to-date, and authoritative -- truly the latest and greatest from the source!
Written by the original architect of BSD -- McKusick has been involved with the product since its' inception and knows it better than anyone!
Advantage over Linux?!? FreeBSD users are not required to make public any changes they make to the source code (unlike Linux)
The lean quality of FreeBSD also makes it attractive for embedded systems, another growth area. This book describes specifically the design and implementation of FreeBSD, which, like Linux, is an open-source system based on UNIX. FreeBSD, running on a Windows PC, is today the most widely used BSD system. The book provides a coherent overview of the system; explains key design decisions; and details the concepts, data structures, and algorithms used in implementing the system's facilities. Readers involved in technical and sales support can learn from the book the capabilities and limitations of the system; application developers can learn how to interface to the system both effectively and efficiently; systems programmers can learn how to maintain, tune, and extend the system. Written from the unique perspective of a BSD system architect (McKusick), the book delivers the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and authoritative technical information on the internal structure of the latest and most popular BSD system.

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This book is an adaptation of the existing book coauthored by McKusick, "TheDesign and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System". The new bookdescribes specifically the design and implementation of FreeBSD, which, likeLinux, is an open-source system based on UNIX. FreeBSD, running on aWindows PC, is today the most widely used BSD system.The book provides a coherent overview of the system; explains key designdecisions; and details the concepts, data structures, and algorithms used inimplementing the system's facilities. Readers involved in technical and salessupport can learn from the book the capabilities and limitations of the system;application developers can learn how to interface to the system both effectivelyand efficiently; systems programmers can learn how to maintain, tune, andextend the system. Written from the unique perspective of a BSD systemarchitect (McKusick), the book delivers the most comprehensive, up-to-date,and authoritative technical information on the internal structure of the latestand most popular BSD system.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: An excellent and detailed technical overview of the FreeBSD kernel, 27 Oct 2006 By  Robert Watson (Cambridge, UK) - See all my reviews    "The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System" is an excellent technical review of the FreeBSD operating system kernel. This book follows in the foosteps of the D+I of 4.3 BSD (Leffler, et al) and 4.4 BSD (McKusick, et al), and provides a detailed technical description and discussion of the key kernel subsystems in FreeBSD. This version of the book is updated to include many new features introduced since the 4.4 release, including fine-grained SMP support, threading, soft updates, file system snapshots, and much more. This is a must-have purchase for anyone who works with the FreeBSD kernel, or for that matter, any operating system kernel (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, Windows, etc). This should not be your first book on operating systems: a more general introductory volume will provide the necessary background for this thorough coverage, but it should definitely be the second.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: A book that you can read, 22 Aug 2007 By  Paul Floyd (Grenoble France) - See all my reviews    Well, well, well. This was a surprise - an OS book that I could actually sit down and read. Not full of bullet lists, flow charts, screen shots and source code. Just for that, I have to take my hat off for the authors. My only criticism is that I think that the book could have done with a few more diagrams.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 2 customer reviews...		Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews