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The document contains 5 questions asking to explain various aspects of Linux and Mac OS operating systems. It asks to: 1. Give the diagram of Linux OS and elaborate. 2. Differentiate kernel mode vs user mode, describing how kernel code runs with full access while user programs use system libraries to access kernel functions. 3. List features of Linux including portability, open source development, support for multi-users and programs, hierarchical file system, shell interface, and security features. 4. Explain the layers of the Linux architecture including the hardware layer, kernel, shell, and utility programs. 5. Provide an overview of Mac OS X, describing its Darwin Unix core and layers for

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ACT03

The document contains 5 questions asking to explain various aspects of Linux and Mac OS operating systems. It asks to: 1. Give the diagram of Linux OS and elaborate. 2. Differentiate kernel mode vs user mode, describing how kernel code runs with full access while user programs use system libraries to access kernel functions. 3. List features of Linux including portability, open source development, support for multi-users and programs, hierarchical file system, shell interface, and security features. 4. Explain the layers of the Linux architecture including the hardware layer, kernel, shell, and utility programs. 5. Provide an overview of Mac OS X, describing its Darwin Unix core and layers for

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ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS IN YOUR ACTIVITY, KINDLY PUT IT ON A MS WORD FILE.

1. Give the diagram of Linux Operating System and elaborate. 

2. Differentiate the Kernel Mode vs. User Mode. 

Kernel component code executes in a special privileged mode called kernel mode with full
access to all resources of the computer. This code represents a single process, executes in single
address space and do not require any context switch and hence is very efficient and fast. Kernel
runs each process and provides system services to processes, provides protected access to
hardware to processes.
Support code which is not required to run in kernel mode is in System Library. User programs
and other system programs works in User Mode which has no access to system hardware and
kernel code. User programs/ utilities use System libraries to access Kernel functions to get
system's low-level tasks.

3. Give the features of Linux Operating System.

  Portable − Portability means software can works on different types of hardware


in same way. Linux kernel and application programs supports their installation on
any kind of hardware platform.
 Open Source − Linux source code is freely available and it is community based
development project. Multiple teams work in collaboration to enhance the
capability of Linux operating system and it is continuously evolving.
 Multi-User − Linux is a multiuser system means multiple users can access system
resources like memory/ ram/ application programs at same time.
 Multiprogramming − Linux is a multiprogramming system means multiple
applications can run at same time.
 Hierarchical File System − Linux provides a standard file structure in which
system files/ user files are arranged.
 Shell − Linux provides a special interpreter program which can be used to execute
commands of the operating system. It can be used to do various types of
operations, call application programs. etc.
 Security − Linux provides user security using authentication features like
password protection/ controlled access to specific files/ encryption of data.

4. Give the layers of the Linux Operating System Architecture and explain.  

The architecture of a Linux System consists of the following layers −


 Hardware layer − Hardware consists of all peripheral devices (RAM/ HDD/ CPU
etc).
 Kernel − It is the core component of Operating System, interacts directly with
hardware, provides low level services to upper layer components.
 Shell − An interface to kernel, hiding complexity of kernel's functions from users.
The shell takes commands from the user and executes kernel's functions.
 Utilities − Utility programs that provide the user most of the functionalities of an
operating systems.

5. What is MAC OS?


The Mac OS is a graphical operating system developed by Apple Inc. The tenth version of the
Mac OS is the Mac OS X which was launched in 2001.
The structure of the Mac OS X includes multiple layers. The base layer is Darwin which is the
Unix core of the system. Next layer is the graphics system which contains Quartz, OpenGL and
QuickTime. Then is the application layer which has four components, namely Classic, Carbon,
Cocoa and Java. The top layer is Aqua, which is the user interface.

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