When first picking up this book, I thought "yeah I know a little about unix, but I know a little more about linux so why read this book?" Well, even though I've only gotten to the fourth chapter, I see that to go forward one must know the past and that's exactly what this book has started for me. For it to be so thin, there are loads and loads of knowlege packed inside and, best of all, a person can't possibly get lost in it! The technical jargon is kept to an absolute minimum and, yes, I've actually found some humor in it!
When Mike Gancarz talks about programmers constantly building massive programs, I saw myself in that statement already! My favorite concepts right now are small is beautiful and portability over efficiency. The way he compares the philosophy of unix to practical statements of everyday life is definantly on the money! Gancarz shows a more human side to this thing called "Unix" and I'm actually anxious to see what else he has to say about it.
