UNIT 1 Chapter Exercise
UNITS 1 – 10 Chapter Exercises:
Linux Networking NT 1430
By S
September 21, 2014
• Chapter 1 pg. 20 – 21 , Exercises 1, 4
1. What is free software? List three characteristics of free software. Free software, in reference to Linux, is a matter of free liberty not price, as in “free speech”. Linux is free to study, redistribute and modify the source code as we see fit.
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 GNU project was formulated by founder, Richard Stallman, in 1983. He along with others created a kernel and system programs that were compatible with the UNIX system. Linux (the name) was derived from the original developer Linus Torvalds and UNIX, which was developed by the students at the University of Berkley, utilizing Linus’ systematic ideas. Students at Berkley contributed to the UNIX portion, which became known as BSD and System V versions. Richard Stallman in 83’ created a functioning OS using the kernel and system programs for free distribution and modification. Other developers (Doug Comer and Andrew Tanenbaum) created stripped down versions of the system.
• Chapter 2 pg. 50 Exercise 1
1. Briefly, what does the process of installing an operating system such as Fedora/RHEL involve? When installing any new operating system including Fedora, one must first understand the process it is initialized. Whether he or she is doing an upgrade or clean installation. A clean installation insures minimal data corruption to the disk.(highly recommended) We must understand how much free space will be used and set up the partitions accordingly, especially by which type of format to use ( NTFS, FAT EXT 2, 3, 4 etc…) and swap file. In respect to Windows OS, Linux mount points are very different. Windows use drives like C:\, D:\ while Linux use a file system style /, /var, /boot. With that said, now we can
Linux Networking NT 1430
By S
September 21, 2014
• Chapter 1 pg. 20 – 21 , Exercises 1, 4
1. What is free software? List three characteristics of free software. Free software, in reference to Linux, is a matter of free liberty not price, as in “free speech”. Linux is free to study, redistribute and modify the source code as we see fit.
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 GNU project was formulated by founder, Richard Stallman, in 1983. He along with others created a kernel and system programs that were compatible with the UNIX system. Linux (the name) was derived from the original developer Linus Torvalds and UNIX, which was developed by the students at the University of Berkley, utilizing Linus’ systematic ideas. Students at Berkley contributed to the UNIX portion, which became known as BSD and System V versions. Richard Stallman in 83’ created a functioning OS using the kernel and system programs for free distribution and modification. Other developers (Doug Comer and Andrew Tanenbaum) created stripped down versions of the system.
• Chapter 2 pg. 50 Exercise 1
1. Briefly, what does the process of installing an operating system such as Fedora/RHEL involve? When installing any new operating system including Fedora, one must first understand the process it is initialized. Whether he or she is doing an upgrade or clean installation. A clean installation insures minimal data corruption to the disk.(highly recommended) We must understand how much free space will be used and set up the partitions accordingly, especially by which type of format to use ( NTFS, FAT EXT 2, 3, 4 etc…) and swap file. In respect to Windows OS, Linux mount points are very different. Windows use drives like C:\, D:\ while Linux use a file system style /, /var, /boot. With that said, now we can