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Below is a list of various books that might be useful in learning some basics needed for Qubes development.

- A must-read about Xen internals:
  - _[The Definitive Guide to the Xen Hypervisor](https://www.amazon.com/Definitive-Guide-Xen-Hypervisor/dp/013234971X)_, by David Chisnall

- Some good books about the Linux kernel:
  - _[Linux Kernel Development](https://www.amazon.com/Linux-Kernel-Development-Robert-Love/dp/0672329468)_, by Robert Love
  - _[Linux Device Drivers](https://www.amazon.com/Linux-Device-Drivers-Jonathan-Corbet/dp/0596005903)_, by Jonathan Corbet

- Solid intro into Trusted Computing:
  - _[Dynamics of a Trusted Platform](https://www.amazon.com/Dynamics-Trusted-Platform-Buildin-Grawrock/dp/1934053082)_, by David Grawrock (original Intel architect for TXT)

- Good book about GIT:
  - _[Pro Git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2)_, by Scott Chacon and Ben Straub (complete book available free online)

- Useful books about Python:
  - _[Programming in Python 3](https://www.qtrac.eu/py3book.html)_, by Mark Summerfield
  - _[Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt](https://www.qtrac.eu/pyqtbook.html)_, by Mark Summerfield
    (Although note that [Qt is being replaced by GTK](/doc/usability-ux/#gnome-kde-and-xfce) in Qubes code.)