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 ?