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What is free software? List three characteristics of free software.
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Why is Linux popular? Why is it popular in academia?
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What are multiuser systems? Why are they successful?
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What is the Free Software Foundation/GNU? What is Linux? Which parts of the Linux operating system did each provide? Who else has helped build and refine this operating system?
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In what language is Linux written? What does the language have to do with the success of Linux?
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What is a utility program?
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What is a shell? How does it work with the kernel? With the user?
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How can you use utility programs and a shell to create your own applications?
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Why is the Linux filesystem referred to as hierarchical?
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What is the difference between a multiprocessor and a multiprocessing system?
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Give an example of when you would want to use a multiprocessing system.
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Approximately how many people wrote Linux? Why is this unique?
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What are the key terms of the GNU General Public License? |
