Old question, but ... on Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 09:56:49PM +0200, Nobrin ;-" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Great! That's what I'm looking for. Do you know any text about this?
Kernighan & Pike's _The UNIX Programming Environment_, Prentice Hall, 1985 (or thereabouts) is a dated but very good reference on the fundamental Unix philosophy (which of course carries over to GNU/Linux). I recommend it though much of the specifics have changed, because if you grok the fundamentals, you can pretty much work out everything else. Otherwise, _Running Linux_ is probably among the more useful general books since. > Thanks! > > ps The idea of linux from scratch is great too. > > > Hi Norbin, > > here is a simplified view on unix: > > hardware->kernel-modules->kernel->libraries->applications/servers > > harware(screen,mouse,hard drive,modem...) > > kernel modules allow the kernel to communicate with hardware > > the kernel controls the hardware and communicates with libraries > > libraries contain common functions or logic that program need > > applications do what you want(edit document,read mail) > > servers do thing that need to be done without interventions like > > printing, apache, disk io, swapping <...> -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Ahh the price of entropy! Too bad markets don't yet exist for this all-important commodity. - Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal - discussion of datamining and privacy.
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