This book covers the fundamentals of operating systems concepts. It includes both theory (~40% of the book) and labs (~60% of the book) from a range of operating systems so the instructor has a choice as to the topics to teach.
Meadors and Schmidt cover the fundamentals of operating systems concepts. The major emphasis of this book will include the operating system environment, basic operating system theory, DOS and DOS command line, Windows 98, NT, 2000 and XP, Unix/Linux and Networking. This book is for anyone who wants to learn the fundamentals of various operating systems.