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Lab Practicum #1: ITSC 1358 - UNIX System Administration

This document contains 13 questions about Linux and free/open source software for a university course. It asks about the definitions of free software and its key characteristics, why Linux is popular especially in academia, what multi-user systems and the Free Software Foundation/GNU are, the languages Linux is written in and how this relates to its success, what a utility program and shell are and how they work, how to build applications using utilities and shells, the hierarchical nature of the Linux filesystem, the differences between multiprocessor and multiprocessing systems and examples of when each would be used, the number of people who wrote Linux and why this is unique, and the key terms of the GNU General Public License.

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Lab Practicum #1: ITSC 1358 - UNIX System Administration

This document contains 13 questions about Linux and free/open source software for a university course. It asks about the definitions of free software and its key characteristics, why Linux is popular especially in academia, what multi-user systems and the Free Software Foundation/GNU are, the languages Linux is written in and how this relates to its success, what a utility program and shell are and how they work, how to build applications using utilities and shells, the hierarchical nature of the Linux filesystem, the differences between multiprocessor and multiprocessing systems and examples of when each would be used, the number of people who wrote Linux and why this is unique, and the key terms of the GNU General Public License.

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ITSC 1358 UNIX System Administration Name: _____________________

Lab Practicum #1 Date: _____________________


Prof. Michael P. Harris (v2011.07.21)
Questions
1. What is free software? List three characteristics of free software.

2. Why is Linux popular? Why is it popular in academia?

3. What are multiuser systems? Why are they successful?

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 OS?

5. In what language is Linux written? What does this have to do with the success of Linux?

6. What is a utility program?

7. What is a shell? How does it work with the kernel? How does it work with the user?

8. How can you use utility programs and a shell to create your own applications?

9. Why is the Linux filesystem referred to as hierarchical?

10. What is the difference between a multiprocessor and a multiprocessing system?

11. Give an example of when you would want to use a multiprocessing system.

12. Approximately how many people wrote Linux? Why is this unique?

13. What are the key terms of the (GNU) General Public License?

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