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Summary: Libes enlivens Unix, the world's premiere operating system
Review: An excellent counterpoint to _The Unix Hater's Handbook_, Libes in a straightforward, evenhanded way explores Unix history and its philosophy. As Unix continues to dominates serious computing, it's essential that one know more than ``nuts and bolts''. Libes fleshes out Unix in a most extraordinary way. It's among the ``must have'' books for the current or soon-to-be Unix guru.
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Summary: life with unix humanizes the cryptic code
Review: biff is the dogs name that barked at the mailman; biff is the routine that alerts the operator to incoming email. it goes on and on. the various celebrities of the creation had their reasons and this book puts them out there. it helps me to know how and why and who and when.
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Summary: A must for UNIX lovers
Review: This book covers not only UNIX history, but also the "UNIX way of computing". It's probably not a good starting book on Unix, but it's a must for anyone who has ever used (and liked) UNIX systems. All UNIX flavors are mentioned. It could talk about linux, but the book was written before linux came to life. It's centainly a classic!
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Summary: Libes enlivens Unix, the world's premiere operating system
Review: This book covers not only UNIX history, but also the "UNIX way of computing". It's probably not a good starting book on Unix, but it's a must for anyone who has ever used (and liked) UNIX systems. All UNIX flavors are mentioned. It could talk about linux, but the book was written before linux came to life. It's centainly a classic!
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