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Title: A book of lists
Review: Unless you want a full documentation on the history and licensing of Linux, don't bother with this book. All the "application development" sections are nothing but lists. They are vast lists, but there are no explainations with them (I mean to the point that he drops function names without telling you even so much as their signature.) It seems as though the author knows what function calls and macros are available in the Linux API but has no idea what they do, and therefore neither will you. The only reason I give this book two stars is for its GNU section (but you can buy "Programming with GNU Software" for that). You are much better off with "Advanced Programming in a UNIX Environment" or, for a beginner, "Beginning Linux Programming". As a final thought, I really wish that someone could write a book on Linux that could parallel Stevens' UNIX book.
