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• Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces (electronic edition, c2016), by Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau (PDF with commentary at Wisconsin)
• The Operating Systems Handbook: UNIX, OpenVMS, OS/400, VM and MVS (New York: McGraw-Hill, c1994), by Bob DuCharme (PDF files with commentary at snee.com)
• Operating Systems and Middleware: Supporting Controlled Interaction (revised electronic edition, 2016), by Max Hailperin (multiple formats with commentary at gustavus.edu)
• Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/OS Basics (third edition; Poughkeepsie, NY: IBM International Technical Support Organization, 2011), by Mike Ebbers, John Kettner, Wayne O'Brien, and Bill Ogden (PDF at ibm.com)
• Linux Kernel in a Nutshell (c2007), by Greg Kroah-Hartman (PDF and Docbook files at kroah.com)
• Self-Service Linux: Mastering the Art of Problem Determination (2006), by Mark Wilding and Dan Behman (PDF at pearsoncmg.com)
• Project Oberon: The Design of an Operating System and Compiler (electronic edition, 2005), by Niklaus Wirth and Jürg Gutknecht (PDF in Switzerland)
• Managing Linux systems With Webmin: System Administration and Module Development (2004), by Jamie Cameron (PDF at pearsoncmg.com)
• The Linux Development Platform (c2003), by Rafeeq Ur Rehman and Christopher Paul (PDF at pearsoncmg.com)
• The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use (original "design science license" edition, 2001), by Michael Stutz (HTML with commentary at dsl.org)
• Linux Network Administrator's Guide (second edition, 2000), by Olaf Kirch and Terry Dawson (illustrated HTML at oreilly.com)
• Linux Network Administrator's Guide (online first edition, 1996), by Olaf Kirch (HTML at tldp.org)
• The Unix-Haters Handbook (1994), ed. by Simson Garfinkel, Daniel Weise, and Steven Strassman (PDF at mit.edu)
• The Linux Command Line (fifth Internet edition, 2019), by William E. Shotts (PDF with commentary at linuxcommand.org and Sourceforge)
• Capability-Based Computer Systems (1984), by Henry M. Levy (PDF files at Washington)
• Inside Atari DOS (1982), by Bill Wilkinson (HTML at atariarchives.org)
• Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference (2009), by Keir Thomas (PDF with commentary at ubuntupocketguide.com)
• Ubuntu Hacks (c2006), by Jonathan Oxer, Kyle Rankin, and Bill Childers (illustrated HTML at oreilly.com)
• Learning Debian GNU/Linux (first edition, 1999), by Bill McCarty (HTML at oreilly.com)
• In the Beginning Was the Command Line, by Neal Stephenson (zipped text at cryptonomicon.com)
• An Operating Systems Vade Mecum (second edition), by Raphael A. Finkel (PDF at UKY)
• Slackware Linux Essentials (electronic edition), by Alan Hicks, Chris Lumens, David Cantrell, and Logan Johnson (multiple formats at slackbook.org)
• Advanced Linux Programming, by Mark Mitchell, Jeffrey Oldham, and Alex Samuel (PDF files with commentary at github.io)
• The Art of Unix Programming, by Eric S. Raymond (HTML with commentary at catb.org)
• Free for All: How Linux and the Free Software Movement Undercut the High-Tech Titans, by Peter Wayner (PDF with commentary at wayner.org)
• GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool, by Gary V. Vaughan, Ben Elliston, Tom Tromey, and Ian Lance Taylor (HTML with commentary at sourceware.org)
• Linux Quick Fix Notebook, by Peter Harrison (PDF at pearsoncmg.com)
• Programming the Be Operating System, by Dan Parks Sydow (PDF files at oreilly.com)
• The Complete FreeBSD (electronic edition, based on the 4th print edition), by Greg Lehey (gzipped PDF and Postscript with commentary at lemis.com)
• Debian GNU/Linux: Guide to Installation and Usage, by John Goerzen and Ossama Othman
  • HTML at newriders.com
  • Gutenberg text
• Getting Started With Ubuntu (current and prior electronic editions; title may vary based on Ubuntu version), by Ubuntu Manual Team (PDF files at ubuntu-manual.org)
• The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide, ed. by John H. Terpstra and Jelmer R. Vernooij (PDF at pearsoncmg.com)
• Programming From the Ground Up, by Jonathan Bartlett, ed. by Dominick Bruno
  • version 1.0: PDF at gnu.org
  • multiple versions with commentary at nongnu.org
• Ubuntu Server Guide, by Ubuntu Documentation Project (HTML at ubuntu.com)
• Version Control With Subversion (electronic editions), by Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick, and C. Michael Pilato (HTML and PDF with commentary at red-bean.com)
• Proceedings - MTS Development Workshop. (Edmonton, Alta., Canada : Computing Services, University of Alberta, 1975-, 1975), by MTS Development Workshop and Michigan Terminal System (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• DIS computer operation instructions for the NAS System. (Dept. of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 1988), by United States Internal Revenue Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• DIS computer operation instructions for the four phase. (Dept. of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 1991), by United States Internal Revenue Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Development of an interactive system to study sub-lethal effects of pollutants on the behavior of organisms (Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ;, 1980), by John O. B. Greaves, Robert S. Wilson, Southeastern Massachusetts University. Department of Biology, Southeastern Massachusetts University. Department of Electrical Engineering, and R.I.) Environmental Research Laboratory (Narragansett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Users manual for hydrological simulation program - FORTRAN (HSPF) (Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency :, 1980), by Robert C. Johanson, Harley H. Davis, John C. Imhoff, Ga.). Technology Development and Applications Branch Environmental Research Laboratory (Athens, Hydrocomp Incorporated, and Ga.) Environmental Research Laboratory (Athens (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dynamic reconfiguration in a modular computer system (Project Mac, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971), by Roger R. Schell and Project MAC. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Federal Information Processing Standards. (National Bureau of Standards] ;, 1980), by United States. National Bureau of Standards (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guideline on major job accounting systems : the system management facilities (SMF) for IBM systems under OS/MVT (Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978), by Gary Durbin and Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology (page images at HathiTrust)
• Time-critical multirate scheduling using contemporary real-time operating system services (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ;, 1983), by Dave E. Eckhardt, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Measurement of SIFT operating system overhead (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ;, 1985), by Daniel L. Palumbo, Ricky W. Butler, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• An assessment of future computer system needs for large-scale computation (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office ;, 1980), by Peter Lykos, John White, Illinois Institute of Technology, Ames Research Center, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• The execute statement : design, examples, and implementation algorithms (Deptartment of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1980), by Martin S. McKendry and Roy Harold Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
• A path Pascal language (Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1978), by Roy Harold Campbell and Thomas John Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Users guide for the TUNVEN and DUCT programs (Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Offices of Research and Development ;, 1980), by R. N. Schlaug, United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Development, and United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• The considerations of job load on the structure of operating systems (Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1976), by Avrum Eli Itzkowitz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• User's guide to NURE HSSR tape formats (Grand Junction, Colorado : U.S. Department of Energy. Grand Junction Area Office, 1984., 1984), by Richard J. Zinkl, Donna Brick, National Uranium Resource Evaluation Program, United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, United States. Department of Energy. Grand Junction Office, and Bendix Field Engineering Corporation. Grand Junction Operations (page images at HathiTrust)
• CRAB user's manual (Washington, D. C. : Division of Reactor Safety Research, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1979., 1979), by Hans Jordan, P. M. Schumacher, J. A. Gieseke, United States. National Technical Information Service, Battelle Memorial Institute. Columbus Laboratories, and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Division of Reactor Safety Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• The numerical method of the aerosol behavior reference code, CRAB (Washington, D.C. : Division of Reactor Safety Research, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1979., 1979), by Hans Jordan, J. A. Gieseke, Bihari Vaishnavi, Battelle Memorial Institute. Columbus Laboratories, and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Division of Reactor Safety Research (page images at HathiTrust)

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