The Linux Programming Interface as a university course text

agiacalone 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I use TLPI as an optional text for my CS Operating Systems course! It's honestly the best resource for a comprehensive look at the innards of Linux. I actually even snip select pages for lectures.

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le-mark 4 hours ago | parent [-]

It’s a big book, can you describe what parts you use and how?

	▲	Joel_Mckay 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		People should do a foundation course to figure out which deprecated parts of the kernel source to avoid. It is nontrivial, but talking with the active developers will save a lot of guess work. =3 Introductory LFD103 is a free course: https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/a-beginners-gu... Some channels to get some experience handling the modern kernel source: https://www.youtube.com/@johannes4gnu_linux96/videos https://www.youtube.com/@nirlichtman/videos

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catfood 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

One of the greatest texts ever written. Ok maybe just one of my favorites. I wouldn't mind a 2nd edition though... surely the system call interface has changed a bit since 2010.

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looopTools an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

We did not get as recommend or required reading in a course. But the professor did recommend it to me outside of class.

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shiroiuma 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What a horrible selection for a university textbook! It doesn't get trivially updated every year to prevent reuse and reselling, so how is this supposed to generate more profit for the booksellers? /s

Seriously though, this book is fantastic, and far better than typical course textbooks. I'm honestly a little surprised that universities would select it.