Description
How Linux Works by Brian Ward (No Starch Press) explains Linux internals and system administration from the boot process upward, covering the kernel, device management, networking configuration, filesystems and shell scripting through background, theory and real-world examples. The third edition adds material on the Logical Volume Manager, virtualization with containers and cgroups, journald logging, IPv6 and systemd configuration to reflect modern systems. A readable companion to the deeper programming references already listed, for developers who want to understand the system their code runs on.
