5 Books like Operating System Concepts

How Computers Really Work

by Matthew Justice • 2020

From transistor to web: the computing stack explained layer by layer, no prerequisites required.

4.35

160

🏗️ Computer Architecture ⚡ Digital Electronics 🧱 Abstraction Layers 💻 Computing Fundamentals 🔧 How Things Work

How Computers Really Work 93%

From transistor to web: the computing stack explained layer by layer, no prerequisites required.

by Matthew Justice 2020

4.35

160 ratings

🏗️ Computer Architecture ⚡ Digital Electronics 🧱 Abstraction Layers 💻 Computing Fundamentals 🔧 How Things Work

Linux Service Management Made Easy with systemd

by Donald A. Tevault • 2022

Parallel startup, unified configs, binary logs: the systemd skills every Linux admin now needs.

3.81

🐧 Linux Administration 🖥️ System Administration 🗄️ Server Management 🔧 It Infrastructure 💻 Command Line

Linux Service Management Made Easy with systemd Summary

Linux Service Management Made Easy with systemd 93%

Parallel startup, unified configs, binary logs: the systemd skills every Linux admin now needs.

by Donald A. Tevault 2022

3.81

21 ratings

🐧 Linux Administration 🖥️ System Administration 🗄️ Server Management 🔧 It Infrastructure 💻 Command Line

Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks

by Paul Butcher • 2014

Threads unravel programs. Seven concurrency models that don't, from actors and CSP to GPU parallel.

3.82

349

🧩 Concurrency Patterns ⚡ Parallel Programming 🎭 Actor Model λ Functional Concurrency 🎮 GPGPU Computing

Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks Summary

Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks 93%

Threads unravel programs. Seven concurrency models that don't, from actors and CSP to GPU parallel.

by Paul Butcher 2014

3.82

349 ratings

🧩 Concurrency Patterns ⚡ Parallel Programming 🎭 Actor Model λ Functional Concurrency 🎮 GPGPU Computing

Kubernetes Patterns

by Bilgin Ibryam • 2019

Stop wiring containers by hand. 30+ patterns for cloud-native apps on Kubernetes.

4.31

216

☁️ Cloud Native 🔷 Kubernetes 📦 Container Orchestration 🧩 Design Patterns 🏗️ Software Architecture

Kubernetes Patterns 93%

Stop wiring containers by hand. 30+ patterns for cloud-native apps on Kubernetes.

by Bilgin Ibryam 2019

4.31

216 ratings

☁️ Cloud Native 🔷 Kubernetes 📦 Container Orchestration 🧩 Design Patterns 🏗️ Software Architecture

Designing Data-Intensive Applications

by Martin Kleppmann • 2015

Networks fail, clocks drift, consensus is elusive. The big ideas behind systems that work anyway.

4.70

11k+

🖥️ Distributed Systems 🗄️ Database Design 🤝 Consensus Algorithms 🛡️ Fault Tolerance 📊 Consistency Models

Designing Data-Intensive Applications Summary

Designing Data-Intensive Applications 92%

Networks fail, clocks drift, consensus is elusive. The big ideas behind systems that work anyway.

by Martin Kleppmann 2015

4.70

11k+ ratings

🖥️ Distributed Systems 🗄️ Database Design 🤝 Consensus Algorithms 🛡️ Fault Tolerance 📊 Consistency Models

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