NT1430 Unit 1
Assignments:
Sobell, Chapter 1: Welcome to Linux
Sobell, Chapter 2: Installation Overview
Sobell, Chapter 3: Step-by-Step Installation
Sobell, Chapter 9: The Bourne Again Shell
Sobell, Chapter 11: System Administration: Core Concepts
Sobell, Chapter 16: Administration Tasks
Chapter 1: Welcome To Linux
1. What is free software? List three characteristics of free software. Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price. Three characteristics of free software are the ability to distribute and change, ability to improve freely, and free to study.
2. Why is Linux popular? Why is it popular in academia? GNU/Linux is portable, is based on standards, is written in C, has a kernel programming interface, can support many users, and can run multiple tasks. The source code for the operating system is readily available so that students can understand more easily how GNU/Linux works and can modify the code further to understand its operation and change the way it works.
3. What are multiuser systems? Why are they successful? Multiuser systems allow any people to use all system resources almost simultaneously. Successful due to being cost effective, and having a level of security that allows Linux users to protect their data from access by other users through means of file access permissions, which limits users to what they can read, write to, or which file they can execute. Also implements ACLs (Access Control Lists) in which gives users and administrators finer-grained control over file access permissions.
4. What is the Free Software Foundation/GNU? What is Linux? Which parts of the Linux operating system did each provide? Who else has helped build and refine this operating system? The Free Software Foundation (www.fsf.org) is the principal organizational sponsor of the GNU Project. GNU developed many of the tools, including the C compiler, that are part of the GNU/Linux Operating System. Linux is the name of an operating system kernel developed by
Sobell, Chapter 1: Welcome to Linux
Sobell, Chapter 2: Installation Overview
Sobell, Chapter 3: Step-by-Step Installation
Sobell, Chapter 9: The Bourne Again Shell
Sobell, Chapter 11: System Administration: Core Concepts
Sobell, Chapter 16: Administration Tasks
Chapter 1: Welcome To Linux
1. What is free software? List three characteristics of free software. Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price. Three characteristics of free software are the ability to distribute and change, ability to improve freely, and free to study.
2. Why is Linux popular? Why is it popular in academia? GNU/Linux is portable, is based on standards, is written in C, has a kernel programming interface, can support many users, and can run multiple tasks. The source code for the operating system is readily available so that students can understand more easily how GNU/Linux works and can modify the code further to understand its operation and change the way it works.
3. What are multiuser systems? Why are they successful? Multiuser systems allow any people to use all system resources almost simultaneously. Successful due to being cost effective, and having a level of security that allows Linux users to protect their data from access by other users through means of file access permissions, which limits users to what they can read, write to, or which file they can execute. Also implements ACLs (Access Control Lists) in which gives users and administrators finer-grained control over file access permissions.
4. What is the Free Software Foundation/GNU? What is Linux? Which parts of the Linux operating system did each provide? Who else has helped build and refine this operating system? The Free Software Foundation (www.fsf.org) is the principal organizational sponsor of the GNU Project. GNU developed many of the tools, including the C compiler, that are part of the GNU/Linux Operating System. Linux is the name of an operating system kernel developed by