[hidiegomariani]

amazing. I wish I knew where to go learn the basics to navigate that many layers of knowledge (kernel/os/network)..

[auspex]

These books should help!

Computer Networks and Internet

Internet working with TCP/IP Volume III

The Linux Programming interface

[mcguire]

And...

Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach

Operating System Concepts

Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach

W. Richard Stevens (Somewhat out of date, but I haven't seen anything to beat them.)

Doesn't look horrible: http://intronetworks.cs.luc.edu/