CS 746G Linux Bibliography

Ric Holt, DC 2508, x4671, holt@uwaterloo.ca

Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo

Winter 1998

Material contributed by members of course CS746, Jan 98.

• Linux Web Site [Kamel]
• Project Guide and Linux Documentation Project [Kamel]
  • "The Linux Kernel Hackers' Guide". Seems to be a textual description of the source code.
  • "The Linux Kernel". Potentially useful. Describes the kernel services. "How and why the Linux Kernel works the way it does."
  • "The Linux Programmers Guide". How to program in the Linux environment (not very useful)
  • "The Linux System Administrators' Guide". Contains a good overview of the Linux system including a nice blocks and arrows diagram of "Important parts of the Kernel"
• Linux International, a non-profit, volunteer-run organisation to support and sponsor the further development of the Linux operating system. [Armstrong]
• Linux Documentation Project Links to all the main information sources for Linux. [Armstrong]
• Linux Information Welcome To Linux Journal's LINUX RESOURCES [Armstrong]
• Linux NOW The most complete Linux Reference [Armstrong]
• Commercial Linux Links[Armstrong]
• Linux Documentation Project Links to all the main information sources for Linux. [Armstrong]
• Linux v2 Information HQ Seems to contain a good set of links to other Linux sites, and has a mirror copy of some of the documentation from the Linux Documentation Project. [Bowman]
• Newsgroups: [Chase]
  • alt.os.linux
  • comp.os.linux.admin - Installing and administering Linux systems.
  • comp.os.linux.advocacy - Benefits of Linux compared to other operating systems.
  • comp.os.linux.announce - Announcements important to the Linux community. (Moderated)
  • comp.os.linux.answers - FAQs, How-To's, READMEs, etc. about Linux. (Moderated)
  • comp.os.linux.development - Ongoing work on the Linux operating system.
  • comp.os.linux.development.apps - Writing Linux applications, porting to Linux.
  • comp.os.linux.development.system - Linux kernels, device drivers, modules.
  • comp.os.linux.hardware - Hardware compatibility with the Linux operating system.
  • comp.os.linux.help - Questions and advice about Linux.
  • comp.os.linux.misc - Linux-specific topics not covered by other groups.
  • comp.os.linux.networking - Networking and communications under Linux.
  • comp.os.linux.setup - Linux installation and system administration.
  • comp.os.linux.x - Linux X Window System servers, clients, libs and fonts.
• Other online references: [Chase]
  • Linux Focus - online magazine devoted to supplying the emerging young and active Linux community with tips, information and recent news
  • Help texts for the Linux kernel configuration
  • Linux Bibliography - This is a bibliography of printed publications on Linux
  • Linux Manual Pages (by John Martin) - Searchable index
  • The Linux Programmer's Guide
  • Linux System Administrator's Guide
• Various not-yet-reported Linux references: [Keast]
  • An annotated bibliography of some books which may be useful.
  • The Linux Journal. Several articles are returned when "architecture" is searched for.
  • This page provides details about Specific Kernel Interaces. It is for an old kernel, 1.3.78 but should still be helpful.
  • This page is Linux Head Quarters with pointers to lots of current and ever-updating information.
  • Some print books on Linux from the folks at O'Reilley.
  • The linux documentation project.
• Some more links to linux material, the kernel source tour looks quite interesting. [Pal]
  • The UK linux site
  • Linux 2.0.28 kernel source tour, this looks pretty good, generated by some software called GLOBAL produced by Tama (?) . The next link describes the system used to create the souce tour.
  • Famous debate: Linus vs. Tanenbaum. Linux is obsolete. Concerning Microkernel vs Monolithic System. This site has organized some of the key postings.
  • Different from linux.org, good mostly for links
  • Linux Journal's LINUX RESOURCES, more links
  • Caldera, Inc., more links
• Here's a book that from the Waterloo Computer bookstore. It is a fine addition to "The Linux Kernel Hackers' Guide"--available on-line in LDP. [Tanuan] Linux Kernel Internals, by M. Beck, H. Bohme, et al, Paperback, 438 pages, Published by Addison-Wesley Pub Co, Publication date: September 1, 1996, Dimensions (in inches): 9.15 x 6.73 x .95, ISBN: 0201877414.

  Table of Contents
  Foreword
  Preface
  1. LINUX - the operating system
  2. Compiling the kernel
  3. Introduction to the kernel
  4. Memory management
  5. Inter-process communication
  6. The LINUX file system
  7. Device drivers under LINUX
  8. Network implementation
  9. Modules and debugging
  Appendix A - System calls
  Appendix B - Kernel-related commands
  Appendix C - The Proc file system
  Appendix D - The boot process
  Appendix E - Useful kernel functions
  References
  Index
  

• Various references: [Tran]
  • Beck, Bohme, Dziadzka, Kunitz, Magnus, Verworner. _Linux_Kernel_Internals_. Addison Wesley, Essex, England, 1996. Contains information on data structures, memory management, FS, IPC, device drivers. References source code quit frequently.
  • Linux Gazette - List of editorials on Linux
  • Linux Kernel Hackers' Guide - Overview of kernel, FS, etc...
  • The Linux Home Page - Contains press clippings.
• The following links should be useful: [Trudeau]
  • Linux Standardization Project
  • Linux File System Hierachy
  • Document on the Linux Kernel
  • Linux Source Navigator (too low level?)
  • Meta-Link (all above links, plus more)
  • Abstract from University of Toronto ITRC: "Visualization of Linux Architecture" by Jason Y. Pak (1995)
• Michael Hussman's Linux Links: Sorted Linux relevant information for newbies. [Tanuan]
• North Texas Linux Users Group Sorted links to Linux references, resources, books, etc. [Tanuan]
• Kernel-hackers guide [Siddiqi]

Updated 26 Jan 98 --- RCH