Cst 130, Unit 1, Ch. 1 Review

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Brittany Vinson 7-13-15 CST, Mod 130 Chapter 1 Review 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. What is free software? List three characteristics of free software. ★ The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish ★ The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor ★ The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others Why is Linux Popular? Why is it popular in academia? ★ Linux is free, as opposed to other operating systems ★ It’s virus resistant ★ Faster and smaller and therefore, more portable than other OS’s ★ More education-friendly--has open source code, inviting those who want to learn about it to do so What are multiuser systems? Why are they successful? ★ Has the ability to manage thousands of tasks at the same time ★ Allows multiple users to access the system simultaneously What is Linux? What is the Free Software Foundation/GNU? Which parts of the Linux operating system did each provide? Who else has helped build and refine this operating system? ★ Linux is an open source operating system based on UNIX. ★ The GNU is a completely free (in the freedom of speech sense) operating system built by Richard Stallman. ★ Linus Torvalds wrote the kernel for Linux, which was also intended to be a free kernel and added features supplied by GNU. ★ Linux was born off the internet with hundreds of people helping to develop it in its early years In which language is Linux written? What does the language have to do with the success of Linux? ★ Linux is written in the C programming language. ★ This helps Linux to be portable because C is written in a higher-level, machine-independent language. What is a distribution? What does it contain? Name three distributions. ★ A distribution is when core components of the operating system are packaged together with other OSS. A distribution typically includes word

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