Linux internals books

[Howard Kaikow]

I am looking for recommended books, not online documents, that address the following:

1. Internals of Linux.
2. Linux equivalent of Windows API.

Searching for "linux kernel" at Bookpool (http://www.bookpool.com/) and Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/) lists some possibilities.
But which are recommended?

[baritono]

If you want to know something about how the Linux kernel (if you mean that by "internal") works, I think
Daniel P. Bovet & Marco Cesati: Understanding the Linux Kernel 3rd edition, O'Reilly
is really a good one

for a brief guide to the system API, I think
Mark Mitchell, Jeffrey Oldham & Alex Samuel: Advanced Linux Programming, New Riders Publishing
can be a good starter, this book is freely available for download from
http://docs.linux.cz/programming/other/ALP/advanced-linux-programming.pdf

[karthikbalaji]

If you want to know something about how the Linux kernel (if you mean that by "internal") works, I think
Daniel P. Bovet & Marco Cesati: Understanding the Linux Kernel 3rd edition, O'Reilly
is really a good one

Ya this is a very nice book to learn kernel internals..I m currently reading it :p


for a brief guide to the system API, I think
Mark Mitchell, Jeffrey Oldham & Alex Samuel: Advanced Linux Programming, New Riders Publishing
can be a good starter, this book is freely available for download from
http://docs.linux.cz/programming/other/ALP/advanced-linux-programming.pdf

Thanks for the link..Will try this

[Howard Kaikow]

If you want to know something about how the Linux kernel (if you mean that by "internal") works, I think
Daniel P. Bovet & Marco Cesati: Understanding the Linux Kernel 3rd edition, O'Reilly
is really a good one

for a brief guide to the system API, I think
Mark Mitchell, Jeffrey Oldham & Alex Samuel: Advanced Linux Programming, New Riders Publishing
can be a good starter, this book is freely available for download from
http://docs.linux.cz/programming/other/ALP/advanced-linux-programming.pdf

Thanx.

I believe that I would be interested in both types of books.

I am also, mostly, interested in programming Open Office from outside of Open Office, e.g., to convert the following to Linux: Sorting (http://www.standards.com/index.html?Sorting).

Sew, I've ordered the Open Office Macros Explained boook to learn about Open Office and see what it says about programming OO from outside OO.

[Howard Kaikow]

Any opinions on books such as:

Linux Programming by Example: The Fundamentals by Arnold Robbins
Gnu/Linux Application Programming by M. Tim Jones

Any others of that ilk that are recommended?

[Howard Kaikow]

Well, I bit the bullet and purchased today:

1. Understanding the Linux Kernel (ISBN: 0596005652)
2. Linux Programmer's Toolbox (0132198576)
3. Linux Programming by Example: The Fundamentals (0131429642)
4. GNU/Linux Application Programming (1584503718)
5. Linux Administration Handbook (0131480049)

There's likely a lot of overlap in the 3 programing books, but each is likely to contain a few tidbits making the purchase worthwhile.