Final Exam Study Guide Linux 1. Where does Linux temporarily stores programs and data when it does not have enough RAM to hold all the information it is processing? Swap partition 2. Can Linux run on a 32 bit system? What are some of the system platforms that linux can run on? Yes‚ i386/i686 x86_64‚ Mac 3. What is the minimum partition requirements for /root‚ tmp‚ and swap? Root 1GB‚ tmp 500MB‚ swap 2-8 GB 4. What do use if you want to display a text file one screen at a time? Use pagers; less utility
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Linux versus Windows NT Forget the browser wars. This year’s big nerd battle is the server shootout between Linux and Windows NT - and it’s not just a bunch of geeks nit-picking. While both offer more affordable platforms for Web service than in the past‚ Linux and NT are polar opposites on almost every other level. They look different‚ run differently‚ support different software‚ and cost money in different places. So far though‚ most press coverage of the Linux-NT debate has focused on the competing
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NT 1430 Units 1-10 Questions Unit 1 * Chapter 1‚ pp. 20-21‚ Exercises 1‚ 4 1. What is free software? List three characteristics of free software. A. 4. What is the Free Software Foundation/GNU? What is Linux? Which parts of Linux operating system did each provide? Who else help build and refine this operating system? A. * Chapter 2‚ p. 53‚ Exercise 1 1. Briefly‚ what does the process of installing an operating system such as Fedora/RHEL involve? A. * Chapter
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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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Billy Webber Word Count: 21 February 2013 The Various Shapes of Red Hat Linux‚ much like Windows‚ or OSX‚ comes in a variety of versions‚ or distributions as they are known in the Linux world. Red Hat‚ a Linux distribution‚ has several distributions based off of its architecture that are designed for several purposes‚ these distributions vary in much the same way as the Windows versions. The main currently active Linux distributions that are based off of Red Hats architecture include Fedora‚ Red
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Linux vs. Windows Case Study Abstract The Linux vs. Windows case study presented Windows as the incumbent platform with a first mover advantage and Linux as the challenger. I would like to take a different approach to analyzing these two platforms and see what we can learn. If we assume that the history of Linux starts in 1991‚ Linux is following in the footsteps of Windows. But if we consider the hereditary connection between Linux and Unix‚ the story of Linux now starts in 1969‚ and Windows
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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 in the following matrix. Insert the three chosen versions and fill out the columns based on the components on the left-hand side of the matrix. |Components |Red Hat Enterprise Linux |SUSE Linux |Debian GNU/Linux | |Role of shell |Uses a Bash command
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safekeeping packages of an ethical hacker is Kali Linux‚ which containing a set of tools classified according to categories. We can install Kali Linux in a system as an Operating System. Installing Kali Linux is a practical option as it provides more options to work and combine the tools. Usually‚ Kali Linux can be installed in a system as an Operating System‚ as a virtual machine which we are going to discuss in the following segment. Old version of Kali Linux is BackTrack. The latest release is Kali 2016
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Mac‚ Linux‚ and Windows Servers Comparison Apple offers only a few options for server hardware‚ and only one option for server software. The hardware I looked at was the Mac Mini with OS X Server. With a relatively low starting price point of $999 that includes the software‚ Apple surprisingly wins the cost category‚ at least when looking at up front costs (Mac Mini With OS X Server Overview‚ n.d.). The Mac Mini hardware includes 2TB of storage space‚ 4GB of Memory‚ and is backed by Apple’s
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1. You have obtained a new utility‚ called watchit‚ to monitor security on your computer‚ and you decide to run the utility in the background. Normally‚ to start the utility you would enter watchit at the command line.Which of the following commands enables you to start and run this utility in the background? b. watchit& 2. You’ve obtained over a hundred large graphics files to use in publications‚ but you want to be sure there is enough available disk space on your computer to store these files
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