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On 29/10/10 09:17, Simon Waters wrote:
Neil Winchurst wrote:Agreed. I have been using Linux for over 12 years now. Do I consider myself to be an expert. No way. LOL.I think revealing was some comments on LKML, which showed a rather prominent kernel maintainer didn't understand some of the basics of disk I/O semantics that the database users are interested in. Computing is a big topic, you can't know it all.
If anyone wants to be a low-level anorak I would thoroughly recommendTanenbaum& Woodhull's book on Operating System Design and Implementation: http://minix1.woodhull.com/osdi2/
Its not quite linux but I've not found a better book on how it all works.. And always remember two things 1) Expert: Ex =has been +spirt a drip under pressure 2) An expert is someone who hasn't been exposed as a fraud yet. Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq