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Computer Systems Assignment

Submission date: - 12.11.2022


Debian
A dual operating system is when two operating systems are run simultaneously on the same
computer. The operating systems could be windows or Linux or windows and mac or two
different generations of windows operating systems. The two operating systems could be
installed adding a new hard drive to the computer or by adding a virtual machine. Virtual
machines that can be used include VMware or Oracle VM VirtualBox, while VMware is used
for enterprise and home purposes VirtualBox is used for educational purposes since it is an
open-source tool while VMware is not and whilst VMware offers virtualisation at the
hardware level VirtualBox offer virtualisation at both hardware level and software level.
VirtualBox is more recommended of the two because it has a more user-friendly interface
compared to the VMware’s complicated interface.
Debian offers more stability compared to Ubuntu as Debian is only upgraded after new
features have been thoroughly tested which results in outdated updates, however, Debian
does not provide any bundled or prepacked package without any software or additional
features which is why it is more lightweight and faster than Ubuntu. It also has no default
desktop environment which adds on to the lightweight of the application.

Whilst creating a file in Ubuntu is done using Cat commands in Debian vi is used, in the
home directory, call on vi by typing vi followed by the name of the file you wish to create. A
screen with a column of tildes (~) along the left side will appear on the monitor. Vi is now in
command mode. Anything you type will be understood as a command, not as content to
add to the file. To input text, you must type a command i. The two basic input commands
are i, which means inserting the text about to be typed to the left of the cursor, and a, which
means adding the text about be to type to the right of the cursor. Since you are at the
beginning of an empty file, either of these would work.

To further modify the fie with both Debian and Ubuntu if the command, dd is typed into the
terminal the dd command deletes the top line of the file. The command, x, deletes a single
character; the first letter of the line will be erased. Delete and backspace do not work in vi,
for historical reasons buts some vi variants, such as vim will let you use backspace and
delete. If you type a number before a command, it will repeat the command that many
times. For example, 2x will delete 2 characters and 5dd will delete 5 lines, q! will quit even
though changes to the file have not been saved. If wq is used the changes will be saved.

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