I was struck by Alex’s article on software development using virtual machines. His tl;dr conclusion was that “using a VM to develop software has a lot of advantages, but it is not quite ready for ...

Can anyone recommend good overview books for operating systems? I am especially interested in historical developments leading to the current and future state of the subject.<BR><BR>Thanks in advance.

Before there were netbooks running Linux and Windows XP, there were handheld PCs, running EPOC or Windows CE software. They may not have been able to run full fledged desktop applications like Firefox ...