# terminallytessa
*NIX-related reading
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LEGEND (with postamble)
Reading materials' titles will be accompanied with one or more little symbols next to their titles as follows:
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; - subject: programming language/programming
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> - subject: an operating system
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# - subject: administration
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$ - subject: shells/scripting
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~ - subject: *NIX-related history/philosophy
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p - subject: a person/people
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X - subject: UNIX and/or X Window System
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B - subject: BSD and/or *BSD
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G - subject: GNU
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L - subject: Linux
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C - subject: C
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b - format: book
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+ - recommended read
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! - recommended avoid
POSTAMBLE
A postamble is like a preamble only it comes afterward instead of before, natch.
I will not necessarily have finished reading the entirety of each source I mention, but I will try to let you know if I have. My "reviews"/descriptions of each is not meant to be the endall beall of these books and are entirely subjective and should be taken with a decent amount of NaCl or other salt of your choosing. They are not formal reports and should not be taken as such by any means. So, without further ado, with no attempt at alphabetization, here is the list of materials, with anchored links to their respective writeups:
Although this book
One of two older UNIX related books I found my neighbours getting rid of is an early edition of one of the most indispensible O'Reilly has put out, UNIX in a Nutshell. Unlike the books from this highly regarded publishing house I'm used to, this has no lovely woodcut of an adorable animal on the front and instead has some sports referees, which is maybe an oblique reference to flags or calling functions. Not quite as cute as O'Reilly's flagship tarsier.
This book from 25 years ago is not the "Camel Book", but there still that beloved dromedary's head on the cover! It is still indispensible, nonetheless. As is the case with many other books I've been reading or will read, it may not have the newest features or the subtle changes that have been introduced in the intervening quarter century but it's a heck of a lot more than merely introductory; think of it like buying an older dictionary.
This book and the next listed are renowned as something close to religious founding texts for many programmer/hacker types.
From 1984
30 years and still highly relevant also
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