What good undergraduate-level texts are available?
From: Operating systems teaching The comments below have been provided by a variety of people, so any `me’s or `I’s you encounter are not necessarily those of the maintainer! – `Operating Systems Concepts’, fourth edition, by Abraham Silberschatz and Peter Galvin is the latest version of this popular text. Addison-Wesley, 1994, ISBN 0-201-50480. This book has been revised to include new and updated information, examples, diagrams, and an expanded bibliography. I think this is the `standard’ OS text, although I have a couple of others that I also think are good, and that I draw from when I teach OS. Previous editions of the dinosaur book don’t have the greatest organisation, and sometimes wander when describing things. Its strong point lies in the copious examples. Speaking of the third edition (I haven’t seen a copy of the fourth edition yet): The first 84 pages cover operating system basics, the next 120 pages cover process management including 30 pages on deadlocks. 130 pages on stor
