Just thought people might like to know... This book is required for the introduction to computer software class that I am taking this semester (Learning Assembly under Linux for Intel). Boy am I glad I actually get to learn ASM for the Intel processor, maybe I can actually put it to good use writing some drivers:)
We actually had to wait a few weeks after the semester started before it was availible. But that's ok, because it's a good book for the people in the class that aren't familiar with Linux. The class is also getting students familiar with linux, and the people who had never had any experience with it seem to like it. And what is a nice change is that I have heard no complaints of "My computer froze and I lost my program" this semester!:)
On a side note, I'm glad CS classes are now starting to use O'Reiley books, I personally buy them because they are really clear, and I think that the care that O'Reiley puts into their books has caught the attention of eduactional institutions.
We had one of the professors from Stanford (Jeffrey D. Ullman), come up and discuss data mining. The first half of his presentation was talking about Google. Since that day, it has been my primary search.
You may all be interested to know that he said they were planning to start indexing on a regular basis in the near future. So this will cure my major complaint that it doesn't have the newest things in it.
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We actually had to wait a few weeks after the semester started before it was availible. But that's ok, because it's a good book for the people in the class that aren't familiar with Linux. The class is also getting students familiar with linux, and the people who had never had any experience with it seem to like it. And what is a nice change is that I have heard no complaints of "My computer froze and I lost my program" this semester! :)
On a side note, I'm glad CS classes are now starting to use O'Reiley books, I personally buy them because they are really clear, and I think that the care that O'Reiley puts into their books has caught the attention of eduactional institutions.
You may all be interested to know that he said they were planning to start indexing on a regular basis in the near future. So this will cure my major complaint that it doesn't have the newest things in it.
Steve