On: Network Protocols

[rectang]

For Linux/Unix, I'm going to recommend a book, which for now is probably too ambitious: "Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective" by Bryant and O'Hallaron, a.k.a. "CSAPP".

http://csapp.cs.cmu.edu/3e/perspective.html

This book is targeted at working programmers:

    Most books on systems—computer architecture, compilers,
    operating systems, and networking—are written as if the
    reader were going to design and implement such a system.
    We call this the “builder's persepective.” We believe
    that students should first learn about systems in terms
    of how they affect the behavior and performance of their
    programs—a “programmer's perspective.” 

I'm recommending CSAPP to give you an idea of where the end lies. If you grok its material, you will know more about OS kernels than would be required for any typical front-end or back-end web development job.

[eriknstr → rectang]

I have a copy of an old edition of that book on my bookshelf, published 2003. I haven't gotten around to read it yet. I bought it because the cover stood out to me at a flea-market, and also because it was one of only a few books there which were about computers and I wanted to pick up some computer books for cheap.

Here is a photo of my copy of the book: http://i.imgur.com/2sd5ivf.jpg. Don't the front look nice? :)

[arawde → rectang]

This was the textbook for my intermediate operating systems class, and I'd second this recommendation.

[closeparen → arawde]

This was the textbook for my first-year intro to systems and I'd recommend it too!

[mafuyu → rectang]

I took this course with O'Hallaron and it's fantastic. I highly recommend doing the labs that come with it- they're fun and give you lots of working experience with the material.