This A Book Question

[Agent_Steal]

Well I've been really wanting to learn more about the many different aspects of Operating Systems. Recently I have found a book on the net which is not out yet but seems very interesting now I was just wondering what you guys think about it.

Title: Operating Systems, Third Edition
ISBN: 0131828274

Contents
Preface

Part 1: Introduction to Hardware, Software and Operating Systems

1. Introduction to Operating Systems
2. Hardware and Software Concepts
Part 2: Processes and Threads

3. Process Concepts
4. Thread Concepts
5. Asynchronous Concurrent Execution
6. Concurrent Programming
7. Deadlock and Indefinite Postponement
8. Processor Scheduling
Part 3: Real and Virtual Memory

9. Real Memory Management and Organization
10. Virtual Memory Organization
11. Virtual Memory Management
Part 4: Secondary Storage, File Systems and Database Systems

12. Disk Performance Optimization
13. File and Database Systems
Part 5: Performance, Processors and Multiprocessor Management

14. Performance and Processors
15. Multiprocessor Management
Part 6: Networking and Distributed Computing

16. Introduction to Networking
17. Introduction to Distributed Systems
18. Distributed Systems and Web Services
Part 7: Security

19. Security
Part 8: Operating System Case Studies

20. Case Study: Linux
21. Case Study: Windows XP

What do you guys think? Sound like a book that you would read ?

[jm459]

Originally posted here by Agent_Steal
Title: Operating Systems, Third Edition
ISBN: 0131828274
What do you guys think? Sound like a book that you would read ?

I don't know if I would actually sit and read it cover to cover. It appears very similar in content to the one we use at university for the network operating systems course, and is more for study and used as reference rather than a good read. It is in fact required for the operating systems element by the majority of degree and HND course in computing

Operating Systems incorporating Unix & Windows 3rd edition
Colin Ritchie
ISBN 0-8264-5382-1

[DeadAddict]

I would most likely read the book but it can only teach you so much and to have a machine that had one or both operating systems on it. because that is where you learn the most is by using the OS.