Best Operating System Books
TopicTop operating systems books that developers recommend. Kernel internals, memory management, and systems programming.
Rankings
Role
Level
Intent
1↓9
Operating Systems
William Stallings
40 in 90d
operating-systemsbackenddevops
10
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2↑9
Linux Kernel Development
Robert Love
31 in 90d
linuxoperating-systemsdevops
8.3
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3—
The Practice of Cloud System Administration
Thomas A. Limoncelli, Strata R. Chalup, Christina J. Hogan
30 in 90d
awsoperating-systemsdevops
7.5
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4—
How Linux Works
Brian Ward
30 in 90d
linuxoperating-systemsdevops
7.5
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5—
Modern Operating Systems
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
30 in 90d
operating-systemsdevops
7.5
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6↑14
Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud
Brendan Gregg
32 in 90d
operating-systemssoftware-architecturedevops
7.1
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7—
UNIX Linux System Administration Handbook
Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, Ben Whaley, Dan Mackin
20 in 90d
linuxoperating-systemsdevops
5
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8—
The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System
Marshall Kirk McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil
20 in 90d
operating-systemslinuxdevops
5
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9—
Understanding the Linux Kernel
Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati
20 in 90d
linuxoperating-systemsdevops
5
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10↓6
Structured Computer Organization
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
20 in 90d
operating-systemssoftware-architecturebackend
5
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11↓6
Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective
Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron
20 in 90d
operating-systemssoftware-architecturebackend
5
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A People's History of Computing in the United States
Joy Lisi Rankin
20 in 90d
operating-systemsnetworkingbackend
3
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