Linux Operating Systems Proposal Mark Spring Nets Op Sys-Unix w/Lab DeVry University 10/9/2014 To make our company great we should choose to incorporate Linux with all of our desktop and servers. For our desktop hosts I suggest that we should choose Ubuntu Linux. I believe that this Operating system is dependable and should last the test of time. Users whom are familiar with Windows should feel comfortable with Ubuntu and if the change seems too drastic for some users the option to go with Kubuntu
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A GUI is good for a desktop system. Even though a GUI is user friendly‚ I would use a textual interface because it allows the system to dedicate more resources to carrying out the job it is set up to do. Also not running a GUI can improve system security. 5. What is free space on a hard disk? What is a filesystem? Free space on a hard drive is the area of a partitioned disk that is not occupied by partitions. A filesystem is a data structure that needs to be written to the partition. This structure
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Unix or Linux‚ You Decide! In the IT world there is a debate of which systems are the best to use in your business environment. These debates run between the Operation Systems (OS) Linux‚ Unix and Microsoft systems (MS). Looking at only two of these systems‚ Linux and Unix‚ comparing cost‚ operability‚ compatibility and downtime the decision is up in the air which system is right for business use. The decision is ultimately up to the business and their goals and vision. Cost is a large segment
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Topic: Comparing the security of Windows 7 to a Linux based operating system General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: At the end of my speech‚ my audience will be able to differentiate the two operating systems security. Central Idea: Comparing the security of Windows 7 to a Linux based operating system Introduction: Good evening‚ I am here tonight to explain the very basic securities of two very different operating systems. Windows 7 has been out for a couple years now and has what some
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Department of Applied Physics Electricity and Magnetism Assignment # 2 Due Date: 15 November 2013 1. a) Write brief notes on the Hall effect. Show on a diagram the polarity of the Hall Voltage‚ together with a given current and magnetic field direction‚ assuming the charge carriers to be conduction electrons. [5] b) Define electric dipole and the electric dipole moment. Write down an expression‚ in vector form‚ and show graphically the electric field intensity at point P on
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Feature Comparison between Windows and Linux Introduction The basic definition of an operating system is a program that provides an interface to interact with the computer. It manages the computer’s hardware and software and provides a platform for other application programs. This report discusses the various aspects of an operating system with respect to Microsoft Windows which is a family of proprietary operating systems and Linux‚ which is a sub-category of UNIX. Operating systems thus not
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Linux Technical Support Specialist Skills Pre-assessment Technical Assessment Requirements 1. What Distributions of Linux have you installed and what versions? Fedora 9-13‚ Ubantu 10.4‚ SUSE 11.3 2. If you wanted to install a single package‚ what utility would you use? Yum for redhat or rpm 3. How do you repair/recover the root filesystem? In order to fix a corrupted filesystem‚ software or application malfunction or any issue that have caused the loss of root
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could also play a part. A company‚ whose products are more readily available and supported‚ might seem like a more solid platform to go with. On the‚ other hand‚ market share is not all telling‚ and in some cases can hide the best kept Information Technology secrets. Another item an organization will take into account when making these decisions would be hardware requirements. Understanding exactly what will be required to run the operating system is absolutely necessary to make an informed decision
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UNIX/Linux versus Mac versus Windows Paper Ricky Morris April 1‚ 2013 Process Management Operating systems are the link between the user and the applications and the hardware. They are responsible for deciding how the user commands will be interpreted and how the operating system itself will carry the process. There are several different types of operating and each carries out processing in their own way. Windows‚ UNIX/Linux and Mac are some of the most popular and widely used operating systems
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on /dev/hda1 1.4G 242M 1.1G 18% / /dev/hda3 23M 11M 10M 51% /boot /dev/hda4 1.5G 1.2G 222M 85% /home /dev/hda7 564M 17M 518M 4% /tmp /dev/hdc1 984M 92M 842M 10% /gc1 /dev/hdc2 16G 13G 1.9G 87% /gc2 a. How many filesystems are mounted on your Linux system? b. Which filesystem stores your home directory? c. Assuming that
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