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Covers all the fundamental operating systems concepts such as processes, interprocess communication, input/output, virtual memory, file systems, and security. Describes MINIX code in detail. New revised edition contains updated material. CD ROM included. DLC: Operating systems (Computers)

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This book offers a unique and carefully integrated combination of principles and practice. While the usual principles are covered in detail, the book also describes a small, but real UNIX-like operating system: MINIX. It shows how it works and illustrates the principles behind it. By using MINIX, students learn principles and then can apply them in hands-on system design projects.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent text book, well written and informative, Feb 10 2003

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sir_isaac_newton (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Operating Systems: Design And Implementation (Hardcover)

This was the text for an OS course that I took for my Masters. We had to implement 11 significant OS features for Minix (e.g. floppy disk cache, VGA driver, interprocess communication server,...) -- bugs were unacceptable (i.e. fail), as OSs must work. This class was 4 times more work that an other class I took for my Masters but I learned so much. I was already a very experienced Unix programmer when I took this, so I found it facinating to finally see what was under the hood (Minix/Unix is surprisingly small an compact -- very elegant). Tanenbaum is a real authority on the subject of operating systems and has a very engaging style. Probably the best computer science text book that I have read (I read this cover to cover, not just scanning but really reading). There is room for improvement though: the format could benefit from being updated, I had to use a lot of high-lighter. Clearer separation and indexing of key theories and sections would help. The OS basics are still relevant today (and could perhaps benefit from some expansion/clarification). I believe Tanenbaum has brought out new books since that go into some more contemporary / more advance areas.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book and Source Code Complete Introduction to OS, Aug 7 2002

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ws__ (Hamburg, Germany) - See all my reviews

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This is another of Tannenbaums great books. It is delightful to read his books. It deepens your understanding and gives you a feeling of happiness at the same time.
Specifically this book contains the entire source code of an OS (Minix THE predecessor of LINUX). It is complete and thoroughly explained. The source code is in C and sometimes in Assembler. Especially the Assembler parts are hard to grasp. The C code is sometimes very lucid sometimes I simply got lost. So I just stuck to the main text.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Well coverage for fundamental OS design, Feb 24 2001

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Abraman "TM" (Roseville, Ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Operating Systems: Design And Implementation (Hardcover)

First there was Unix, then Minix , now Linux. Before Unix became a proprietary OS, its source code was available freely, hence the codes were used by many OS courses in colleges. Then things changed and the source code is no longer free. OS books will only present theories but not enough source code to show the implementation. This book is different. The authors took an extra initiative to create Minix which implements many features of Unix (and Linux) and include it into this book. I believe that this is a very good book to study OS in depth. It is reasonable that some mind stretching is needed as the subject of OS is sophisticated and complex. Highly recommended especially for Linux and Unix devotees.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Overrated
The authors of this text assume too much. This pretty much sums up the entirety of the work, which is too technical to make a good introductory text and too simple to make a good... Read more

Published on Nov 20 2002 by Yu-jin Chia

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Job!
Great book !

This book is for those who are looking to see how things really run!