I was browsing the index for the new edition and lots of topics fail to appear. One I was especially interested is inotify. Kinda odd that it doesn’t make the index.

PHPTR has also put out some kernel books and they were disappointing.
Rating: 2 / 5

I was searching (and still am) for a technical resource that I could leverage to understand the kernel in a useful way so I could compile custom, optimized Linux kernels specifically for customer server hardware architecture. I was hoping ‘Understanding the Linux Kernel’ would step through the kernel compilation process and explain each section of options during the build process and what all the available options are. Rather, this title drudges along for almost 1000 pages mired in archaic ‘C’ code and trivial low level Operating System constructs. Almost nothing in the book is of any practical value whatsoever for most users, except perhaps for the privileged Linux elite, who devote their lives to the minutiae of Linux kernel hacking.

‘Understanding the Linux Kernel’ reads like the most boring computer science course you have ever attended. Tedious, tiresome, and not for anyone other than the most dedicated academic scientists, don’t waste your time on this title if you need practical Linux solutions that you can actually use to the benefit of real world Linux systems.

Rating: 1 / 5

This is a great book to help you understand the linux kernel. It reads easily and helps you to not get lost inside of the details.
Rating: 5 / 5