2008年（1655）
分类： LINUX
2008-05-28 18:43:41
This is the second edition of our book about the LINUX kernel. The book has been
updated to cover the 2.0 version of the kernel, which is a milestone in the
development of LINUX. LINUX 2.0 is now the standard UNIX desktop operating system, giving you all the power of free UNIX software which has been developed over more than 25 years, together with a growing number of commercial applications. It is both stable and open. There are no hidden secrets. If you want to solve a problem, you can get the source code. Such a philosophy is exactly what this book is about. We tell you about the LINUX kernel so, you, the experienced computer user, are always in control.
It seems that a lot of early LINUX hackers, like ourselves, are now professional software developers. As such, it is always helpful to know something about operating systems. At least you will have seen some pieces of really good code. When we started to play with LINUX, we did it for fun. Now there is a real return. Seen in this light, this book is a good investment.
Recently some hackers told us that LINUX is boring. They want to have the
excitement of something really cool and new, and the joy of seeing something grow from scratch. To us, though, developments such as a project to develop a LINUX graphical user interface supporting a unique look-and-feel still seem very exciting. Such developments will make LINUX usable for the famous 'rest of us'. For a lot of people LINUX is a better UNIX than UNIX. We would really love to use a better Windows than Windows. Or to put it another way:
simply make LINUX more like the Macintosh.
As in every preface, we want to thank all the people who made this edition possible. We have to mention here Fiona Kinnear from Addison Wesley Longman. This edition would not have been published without her commitment.
