useful and straightforward

This book gives you a nice look at many of the useful facets of the UNIX OS using C. It paves the way for understanding some of the more advanced treatments such as Richard Stevens's book. This book is the right tool for someone with for someone with a good understanding of how to use UNIX and with good C skills to get a stronger understanding of how UNIX works.

The introduction to GTK+ is a good starting point for anyone interested in working with the Gnome desktop. All things considered, this book is a very useful learning guide at a reasonable price.

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• great
• Excellent book for beginners
• A Best Buy
• useful and straightforward
• Excellent coverage of all bases