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# Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces

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Review: One of the best computing books! - A great book on operating systems and a very fun read! I love the little snippets of humour the authors have put in here — they really make the content more approachable. As for the content, the book covers a vast range of topics in Virtualisation, Concurrency, and Persistence (with some additional stuff on Distributed Computing). The level of depth is appropriate for the length of the book and the authors give you a whole host of references at the end of each chapter along with little descriptions of each so you can study whatever topic interests you further. The code in the book is written in C, so it may feel dated, especially as it relates to concurrency (C++ has a better concurrency library), but overall is quite helpful if you want to see what the implementation of a certain functionality would look like. TLDR: 5/5 would recommend. I read this book cover to cover and will get started with the end-of-chapter exercises very soon. Money well spent. 😁
Review: Straight-forward, well-written introduction to OS - I needed a book to complement my Operating Systems course at university and OSTEP is working fantastically. It's written in a friendly, accessible manner and goes into just about the right amount of detail you'd expect, with easily-understandable code to accompany each concept. The "Three Easy Pieces" are defined as: 1) virtualisation 2) concurrency and 3) data persistency. What I like about the book is that these "pieces" are all rather self-contained, so if you need to jump between one topic to the next, you're perfectly capable of doing so. There's no obligation to read from start to finish, imo. One minor minor thing to watch out for (which is really not such a huge deal) is that some of the code examples have lines capitalised. I'm assuming this was done automatically by whatever word processor used to publish the book. But it's easily spotted if you understand typical programming conventions.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 16,215 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 131 in Computer Science (Books) |
| Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (641) |
| Dimensions  | 15.24 x 4.29 x 22.86 cm |
| Edition  | 1.00 |
| ISBN-10  | 198508659X |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1985086593 |
| Item weight  | 998 g |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 747 pages |
| Publication date  | 1 Sept. 2018 |
| Publisher  | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ One of the best computing books!
*by A***R on 24 January 2025*

A great book on operating systems and a very fun read! I love the little snippets of humour the authors have put in here — they really make the content more approachable. As for the content, the book covers a vast range of topics in Virtualisation, Concurrency, and Persistence (with some additional stuff on Distributed Computing). The level of depth is appropriate for the length of the book and the authors give you a whole host of references at the end of each chapter along with little descriptions of each so you can study whatever topic interests you further. The code in the book is written in C, so it may feel dated, especially as it relates to concurrency (C++ has a better concurrency library), but overall is quite helpful if you want to see what the implementation of a certain functionality would look like. TLDR: 5/5 would recommend. I read this book cover to cover and will get started with the end-of-chapter exercises very soon. Money well spent. 😁

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Straight-forward, well-written introduction to OS
*by M***T on 3 December 2020*

I needed a book to complement my Operating Systems course at university and OSTEP is working fantastically. It's written in a friendly, accessible manner and goes into just about the right amount of detail you'd expect, with easily-understandable code to accompany each concept. The "Three Easy Pieces" are defined as: 1) virtualisation 2) concurrency and 3) data persistency. What I like about the book is that these "pieces" are all rather self-contained, so if you need to jump between one topic to the next, you're perfectly capable of doing so. There's no obligation to read from start to finish, imo. One minor minor thing to watch out for (which is really not such a huge deal) is that some of the code examples have lines capitalised. I'm assuming this was done automatically by whatever word processor used to publish the book. But it's easily spotted if you understand typical programming conventions.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book for beginners
*by L***L on 18 November 2023*

Super nice book. I'm not an "operating systems" expert, so for me this book has an amazing way of teaching you the OS basics. Super nice for people who want to start going deeper into OS details.

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