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Answers To Even-Numbered Exercises: 2. Why Is Linux Popular? Why Is It Popular in Academia?

Linux is popular because it is portable, uses open standards, is written in C, has a kernel programming interface, supports many users, and can run multiple tasks simultaneously. It is also popular in academia because students can access and modify the source code to better understand how it works. The Free Software Foundation sponsors the GNU Project, which developed many of the tools used in Linux, including the C compiler. Linux is the operating system kernel developed by Linus Torvalds that has been expanded by thousands of contributors online. Torvalds' kernel and GNU's tools work together to form the Linux operating system. Utility programs perform simpler tasks related to the operating system, like copying files or listing files. Shell scripts

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Answers To Even-Numbered Exercises: 2. Why Is Linux Popular? Why Is It Popular in Academia?

Linux is popular because it is portable, uses open standards, is written in C, has a kernel programming interface, supports many users, and can run multiple tasks simultaneously. It is also popular in academia because students can access and modify the source code to better understand how it works. The Free Software Foundation sponsors the GNU Project, which developed many of the tools used in Linux, including the C compiler. Linux is the operating system kernel developed by Linus Torvalds that has been expanded by thousands of contributors online. Torvalds' kernel and GNU's tools work together to form the Linux operating system. Utility programs perform simpler tasks related to the operating system, like copying files or listing files. Shell scripts

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Answers to Even-numbered Exercises


1. Whaftware.
2. Why is Linux popular? Why is it popular in academia?
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 simultaneously. For more information refer to What Is So Good
About Linux? on page 6.
The source code for the operating system is readily available so students
can understand more easily how Linux works and can modify the code
further to understand its operation and change the way it works. For more
information refer to The Code Is Free on page 4.
3. Wccessful?
4. What is the Free Software Foundation/GNU?
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 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.
Torvaldss kernel and GNUs tools work together as the Linux operating
system.
5. In what language is Linux written?
1
6. What is a utility program?
A utility (program), sometimes referred to as a command, performs a task
that is frequently related to the operating system. A utility is simpler than
an application program, although there is no clear line separating the two.
Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Linux, include many utilities. You
can also download many utilities from the Internet.
Examples of utilities are cp (copies a file), ls (lists information about files),
ssh (securely connects to a remote computer), and df (lists information
about free space on system devices such as hard disks).
7. What is a shell? How does it work with the kernel? With the user?
8. How can you use utility programs and a shell to create your own
applications?
You can write a shell script, also called a shell program, or a batch file
under DOS. A shell script is one or more command lines contained in a
file. Make the file executable and give the name of the file as a command.
The shell then executes the commands in the file as though you had typed
each command individually. (You may need to give the command as
./command.)
9. Why is the Linux filesyste
10. What is the difference between a multiprocessor and a multiprocessing system?
Multiprocessor (having more than one processor) refers to a system with
two or more processors or CPUs.
Multiprocessing (supporting multiple processes) refers to a system that can
process one or more tasks at a time.
11. Give an example of when you would want to use a
12. Approximately how many people wrote Linux? Why is this unique?
Many thousands of people have contributed to the Linux operating system
using the Internet. This project is unique because a project of this
magnitude, using free software, had never been attempted before.

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