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1 Free software is software that users have the freedom to distribute and change. the source code has to be distributed with the program users must be allowed to redistribute modified versions under the same terms/licensing you cannot restrict people from redistributing/modifying/using the software.
4. GNU stands for "GNU'S Not Unix", and it was designed to be a UNIX-like operating system developed by Richard Stallman. The Free Software Foundation is the principal organizational sponsor of the GNU Project. GNU developed many of the tools, including the C compiler, which are part of the Linux operating system. Linux is the name of the operating system kernel developed by Linus Torvalds, which has since been expanded and improved by thousands of people on the Internet. Torvalds’ kernel and GNU’s tools work together as the Linux operating system. http://www.sobell.com/RH6/answers/01.welcome.ans.even.pdf Chapter 2: 1
1. Installing Fedora/RHEL uses the process of copying operating system files from a CD, DVD, or USB flash drive to the hard disk on a system and setting up configuration files so Linux runs properly on the hardware. Many types of installations are possible including: fresh installations, upgrades from older releases of Fedora, and dual-boot.
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1. A live system gives you a chance to preview Fedora without installing it. It does not write/install to hard disks.
4. Put /boot at the beginning of the drive (partition 1) so that Linux does not have to boot from a partition too far into the drive. Positioning of /boot can be a problem on older systems.
8. When the system activates graphical.target (enters multiuser graphical mode; Fedora) or enters runlevel 5 (RHEL). http://www.sobell.com/RH6/answers/03.install.main.ans.even.pdf Chapter 11: 1, 3, 7
1. Single user mode only allows you to log on at the consol. Multiuser mode allows you to logon at any terminal or workstation that is set up for a