CITS2230 Information resources

CITS2230 Operating Systems - Information resources:

All materials required for laboratory sessions may be found in the local directory /cslinux/examples/CITS2230.

Required textbook:

Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles William Stallings 5th edition, 2005 ISBN 0-13-127837-1

Recommended reading:

• If you're new to the Linux operating system: the School's (dated but mostly relevant) Easy guide to the Computer Network
• If you're considering purchasing a textbook on C (or any other computing topic), the Association of C & C++ Users provides a very helpful, unbiased, series of Textbook Reviews, specifically Beginner's C and Advanced C.
• Books on C:
  • Pointers on C, by Kenneth Reek, and
  • A Book on C, 4th ed., by Al Kelley & Ira Pohl.
  I would recommend that you avoid books with the words Dummies, Idiots, in 24-hours, or in 21-days in their title.
• C Programming Notes, by Steve Summit (Experimental College, Washington)
  • Introductory C Programming, Chapters 1-14.
  • Intermediate C Programming, Chapters 15-25.
• A Tutorial on Pointers and Arrays in C, by Ted Jensen.
• The ANSI Standard C Library
• Learning C from Java, by Steven Simpson (Lancaster University).

• An introduction to the UNIX make utility, author unknown.
• An introduction to GDB

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