Exercises
1. | What is free software? List three characteristics of free software. |
2. | Why is GNU/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? Linux? Which parts of the GNU/Linux operating system did each provide? Who else has helped build and refine this operating system? |
5. | In what language is GNU/Linux written? What does the language have to do with the success of GNU/Linux? |
6. | What is a utility program? |
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? |
9. | Why is the GNU/Linux filesystem referred to as hierarchical? |
10. | What is the difference between a multiprocessor ... |
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