Customer Reviews
its just so boring - By: , 20 Aug 2003 
a book with the title "understanding"in it I would have thought would actually explain thingsin a interesting & with not to technical detail to begin with. but no its just starts off by throwing you into the kernel internals (whichin some cases is a good idea, but not this one)i was overcome with terms & concepts that seemed geared towards people who already had experiencein desigining OS's. but thats not what i hate about it, all oreilly books are guilty of this, & thats being so boring & dry. reading an oreilly book on any subject is enough to put you off it for life.
For really determined geeks only - By: , 26 May 2002 
Not really fair to criticise a book like this for being boring. This is *not* a "How to Get the Most Out of Word for Windows" book. It is a good introduction to operating systems & the issues involved, but if I had any criticism it is that there are no real hands-on examples or walkthroughs. But it's a theorietical book so *shrugs* maybe I'm just complaining about what I want rather than what the authors intended.
Deadly Dull - By: , 30 Nov 2001 
The one line summary says it all. While I don't expect humour from O'Reilly I do expect readability & this book just hasn't got it.
An excellent book; if only it covered 2.4 kernels in depth - By: kernelhacker@lineone.net, 10 Jul 2001 
An excellent book that requires the reader to know a little about general OS concepts (e.g. virtual memory), but explains more detailed concepts & the source code itself very well. Even though this book has only been available for a short time it is alreadyin need of a second revision. lets hope it gets a second revision much more quickly than "Linux Device Drivers" did!
Good book - By: , 11 Mar 2001 As someone without a CS background, this book was just about perfect as a good introduction to how the Linux kernel (and operating systemsin general) actually work. The book manages to explain thingsin enough detail to give you the full picture (I think!) without blinding you with science & jargon.
