Guide to UNIX Using Linux Fourth Edition Chapter 1 Solutions Answers to the Chapter 1 Review Questions 1. Your boss drops by your office in a hurry to ask you to attend a meeting at 10:30 on Friday morning and you can’t find a pen to make a note as a reminder. What Linux command can you use to make a quick note to store in a file called Meeting? Answer: b. cat > Meeting 2. Before you make the note in Question 1‚ you decide to determine Friday’s date‚ so that you can include
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Andrew Cortino April 9th Chapter 2 ?’s 1. Your company is discussing plans to migrate desktop and laptop users to Linux. One concern raised by the users is whether Linux supports the use of CDs and DVDs for both work files and for listening to music. Which of the following is an appropriate answer? c. Linux supports both the UDF and iso9660 file systems for CD and DVD use. 2. You receive a message that you’ve successfully backed up hda2 on your Linux system. What is hda2? b. the
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UNIX‚ Linux‚ and Windows Server Critique POS/420 Name Professor Date University of Phoenix Abstract The following sections in this paper focus on analyzing operating systems for Riordan Manufacturing Inc. that specializes in plastic molding and design. Team B concentrated on five main areas of UNIX‚ Linux‚ and Windows Server. The five areas include Security‚ Administration‚ Networking‚ Performance‚ and Programmability. The team explains the existing systems‚ followed by comparing advantages
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: Linux and Unix Unix is popular operating system‚ developed by AT&T in 1969 and it has been very important to the development of the Internet. It is a multi-processing‚ multi-user‚ family of operating systems that run on a variety of architechtures. UNIX allows more than one user to access a computer system at the same time. A widely used Open Source Unix-like operating system kernel. Linux was first released by its inventor Linus Torvalds in 1991. Combining the Linux kernel with the GNU software
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University of Phoenix Material Unix® and Linux® Comparison Matrix - 5 Marks 1. Name three versions of Unix 1. AT&T (System V Release) Versions 2. BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) from the University of California at Berkeley 3. XENIX from Microsoft 2. Name three versions of Linux 1. Canonicals’ Ubuntu 2. Novell’s openSUSE 3.Red Hat’s Fedora 3. Describe 3 major differences between Unix and Linux 1. The difference between UNIX and Linux is that UNIX trademark is specific to systems
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Please read the following 2 pages carefully if you are intending to buy a used copy of the 3rd edition of The Future of Business by N. Althouse‚ S. Rose‚ L. Allan‚ L. J. Gitman‚ & C. McDaniel. Published by Thomson Nelson. The assigned text is the 4th edition of the book‚ which is available for purchase new from the University of Saskatchewan bookstore. However there are used copies of the 3rd edition of the book on sale around campus. Given that much of text in the two books is the same‚ it
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Unix or Linux‚ You Decide! In the IT world there is a debate of which systems are the best to use in your business environment. These debates run between the Operation Systems (OS) Linux‚ Unix and Microsoft systems (MS). Looking at only two of these systems‚ Linux and Unix‚ comparing cost‚ operability‚ compatibility and downtime the decision is up in the air which system is right for business use. The decision is ultimately up to the business and their goals and vision. Cost is a large segment
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University of Phoenix Material Unix® and Linux® Comparison Matrix Directions: Choose three different versions of the UNIX® or Linux® operating systems to compare. Insert the three chosen versions and fill out the requested information in the Components column. UNIX® or Linux® operating system version: Ubuntu Components Your response Role of shell Even though many Ubuntu functions can be performed through the GUI‚ they can be completed faster through the shell. The default shell that Ubuntu
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MS Windows vs. Unix/Linux University of Phoenix POS/420 Introduction to Unix October 20‚ 2008 Scott Stewart MS Windows vs. Unix/Linux The Microsoft and Linux operating systems have been long considered to be in a competition to be the best operating systems on the market. This paper will compare and contrast these operating systems to help the consumer decide which is right for his or her environment. Such subjects as; cost‚ market share‚ hardware requirements‚ file processing
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2. What is an installer? An installer is an application that installs a software or an operating system to a machine. 3. Would you set up a GUI on a server system? Why or why not? I would not set up a GUI on a server system. A GUI is good for a desktop system. Even though a GUI is user friendly‚ I would use a textual interface because it allows the system to dedicate more resources to carrying out the job it is set up to do. Also not running a GUI can improve system security. 5. What is free
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