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Speak, O Guru: How can I become a Unix Wizard?

Speak, O Guru: What books should I study? Are the O'Reilly "Nutshell" guides a good place to start?

Speak, O Guru: To attain Mastery, how many Kernels do I need to take apart and reassemble?

Speak, O Guru: Some there are who claim that the sole Path to Wizardry and the proper Way of every Right-Thinking Hacker is to rewrite the Unix Kernel from Scratch. Is this not Sacrilege?

Speak, O Guru: What, then, is the True Path to Wizardhood?

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