@p @Suiseiseki @jeffcliff all the old bell labs adjacent books are pretty good reads. only computer books coming close to be as concise and easily read are books by wirth, imo.
baroque gnu as a system (the classic system, not the modern freedesktop stuff linux is plagued with) is fine for me, the extra functionality is really handy sometimes. plan 9 is good because it opens up new ways of easily doing things. i do have a weak spot for :netbsd:, the other bsds are kind of meh to me.
maybe i just like the bazaar better?
(this turned out more rambling than intended xD)