On 11/12/2011 5:22 PM, Polytropon wrote:
On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:23:35 -0500, Allen wrote:
I'm going to go ahead and agree with the other replies on here and say
you should REALLY get some History books on Unix / Linux / BSD, and read
them. I'd recommend "Just for Fun", "A Quarter Century of Unix" and also
the DVD "25 Years of Berkeley Unix", and a few others mentioned already.
For more details about SysV and explaination of historical
contexts I may append:
The magic garden explained.
The internals of UNIX System 5 release 4.
by Benny Goodheart& James Cox.
Ja Wohl! There's a BUNCH of books that explain the Historical aspect to
Unix, Linux, and BSD in general, and currently, I've got quite a few.
Just for Fun was the one I was talking about where Linus said he
basically wanted it to be....Well, I guess what FreeBSD is now. The
Documentary "Revolution OS" is another thing to add to the list of what
you can watch to learn about this.
I have Revolution OS and it's a great documentary for learning how the
Linux and FOSS side of things got started. The BSD part of things, has a
GREAT speech by "Kirk" who is currently on the FreeBSD Core, so, between
the fact that he's a core member, and of course the fact that he shared
an office with Bill Joy, and, was one of the first people porting things
for BSD while he was still at Berkeley, I think he's got a very Unique
ability to tell the story.
You can watch the DVD "20 Years of Berkeley Unix" which you can order
from his web site, as well as from BSDmall. I have it on DVD too, and
it's wonderful.
He starts out talking about the History of Multi User systems, and then
goes into the History of Unix a little, and then, gets the History of
BSD going. He then takes questions from the Audience and answers them.
He's got a GREAT sense of Humor, and my Wife and I watch this all the
time. He's really funny, and makes you want to watch it.
So, basically, for Documentaries, you have Revolution OS, and the DVD by
Kirk, and then in the books area, you have "Just for Fun" and "A Quarter
Century of Unix" that will explain basically every aspect of the
Historical side of things.
I'd recommend both books, and both videos to anyone. I'm interested in
History, so these were obvious buys for me.
Also of interest, is "The Complete FreeBSD" by Greg Lehey. He does a
wonderful job with those books. I have the Third edition I got when I
bought "The BSD PowerPak" from a Best Buy Electronics store which came
with FreeBSD 4.0, and the Tool Kit CDs, and then I bought the 4th
Edition Book by itself from FreeBSDMall, and they go into some decent
detail on Unix, BSD, and even some info about DOS.
Buy those if you can. The books are a bit pricey, but well worth it.
-Allen
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