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Title: Weak
Review: This is undoubtedly an ambitious book, covering some of the most complicated (and neglected) topics in the world of Linux programming. Unfortunately, it suffers from some critical defects.The first two chapters are the obligatory redundant recycling of UNIX fundamentals that is the hallmark of lazy authors. Face it: if you don't know what emacs or a shell is, you shouldn't be reading this book; if this is the best opening you can come up with, you shouldn't be writing it either.While the range of subjects is broad, the authors fail to cover them in sufficient depth. For example, sockets receive a scant five pages and the examples only treat UNIX domain sockets. Who cares about UNIX domain sockets? Why are there no examples of multi-threaded Internet domain socket servers?To be fair, the coverage of the Linux-specific material is decent, but doesn't justify the price tag. Bottom line: this is a good introduction to the subject of threads and Linux technicals, but will leave you needing more. ..
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