Documents tagged with operatingsystems

Keeping FreeBSD Up-To-Date

An important system administration task, and a principle of running a defensible network, is keeping operating systems and applications up-to-date. Running current software is critical when older s...
  • ksaver published this 09 / 13 / 2009
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Understanding and Writing Compilers

This book attempts to explain and demystify the principles of compiler writing so that you can go out and build a working compiler of your own. There is enough detail in this book for you to buil...
  • ksaver published this 09 / 12 / 2009
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The Design of the OpenBSD Cyptographic Framework

Angelos D. Keromytis Jason L. Wright Theo de Raadt Columbia University OpenBSD Project OpenBSD Project angelos@cs.columbia.edu jason@openbsd.org deraadt@openbsd.org the design of these sys...
  • ksaver published this 09 / 01 / 2009
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Running BSD on PowerPC/PPC

There is a wide choice of potential operating systems that work on a wide range of PowerPC platforms. If you want a Unix-like alternative to AIX, particularly a free software one, then Linux seem...
  • ksaver published this 09 / 01 / 2009
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LFS: Linux From Scratch 6.5

Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with the steps necessary to build your own custom Linux system. There are a lot of reasons why somebody would want to install an LFS system. ...
  • ksaver published this 09 / 01 / 2009
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Netbsd Operating System Internals

This book describes the NetBSD Operating System internals. The main idea behind it is to provide solid documentation for contributors that wish to develop extensions for NetBSD or want to improve i...
  • ksaver published this 09 / 01 / 2009
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The NetBSD Guide

This guide describes the installation and the configuration of the NetBSD operating system as well as the setup and administration of some of its subsystems. It primarily addresses people coming fr...
  • ksaver published this 09 / 01 / 2009
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FreeBSD From Scratch

This article describes my efforts at FreeBSD From Scratch: a fully automated installation of a customized FreeBSD system compiled from source, including compilation of all your favorite ports and c...
  • ksaver published this 08 / 31 / 2009
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ANSI C for Programmers on UNIX Systems

Tim Love Cambridge University Engineering Department tpl@eng.cam.ac.uk This document aims to:- * Introduce C by providing and explaining examples of common programming tasks. * E...
  • ksaver published this 06 / 26 / 2009
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The Linux kernel

The Linux kernel Andries Brouwer, aeb@cwi.nl 2003-02-01 Some remarks on the Linux Kernel Is Linux a Unix system? That depends on your definition of Unix. For the user there is no doubt: Linux is ...
  • ksaver published this 06 / 26 / 2009
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The Linux System Administrator's Guide

An introduction to system administration of a Linux system for novices. Version 0.9 Lars Wirzenius Joanna Oja Stephen Stafford Alex Weeks The Linux System Administrator's Guide, describes the sys...
  • ksaver published this 06 / 21 / 2009
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Freebsd System Programming

FreeBSD is a highly sophisticated operating system designed for the x86 compatible, DEC Alpha, and PC-98 architectures. It is optimized for Internet and intranet servers, with strong networking and...
  • ksaver published this 06 / 21 / 2009
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