University:
California State University, Northridge
Course:
COMP 222 | Computer Organization
Academic year:

2024
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191

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23
Author:

Gisselle Nunez

LINUX gfgjdfhgjd hffkkfjgkfj 11-1 Background on Linux Version of UNIX Linus Torvalds – Creator of Linux Open Source Operating System Free Software Source Code Available 11-2 Where is Linux Used?  75% of respondents were already using Linux and another 14% were evaluating it  43% of all web sites use Linux servers running the Apache Web server 11-3 How is Linux Used?  Personal Workstation  File and Print Server  Internet Service Provider  Three-tier Client/Server  Turnkey System 11-4 Using Linux on Personal Computers • Linux kernel for free • Kernel is central component • Kernel can be customized to user’s needs 11-5 Linux Distributions • Corel Linux • Debian GNU/Linux • OpenLinux (Caldera) • Red Hat • Slackware • SuSE • TurboLinux 11-6 Installing Linux SuSE Distribution 11-7 SuSE Linux Hardware Requirements • • • • • • CPU Main memory Optical Drive Graphic card Hard Drive Sound Card 11-8 CPU • IBM • INTEL • Pentium I – III • No 286, 386, 486, and Celeron • AMD • K6/II/III • Duran • Athlon, Athlon XP/MP 11-9 Main Memory • SDRAM or DDRRAM – Doesn’t matter • Capacity: – Minimum requirement 64MB – Recommended 128MB and up 11-10 Optical Drive • CD-ROM / DVD-ROM – Sony, Philips, and Acer – SuSE website has compatibility listing • CD-R – Sony, Philips, and Acer 11-11 Graphics Cards • Supports new cards on the market – ATI: Radeon 7500/8500, FireGl 8700/8800, FireGL 2/4 – Matrox: G450/G550 – nVidia: GeForce 2/3/4, nForce 11-12 Hard Drives • Supports EIDE and SCSI drives – IBM, Maxtor, and Seagate • Capacity – Min: 400MB – Full Install: 3GB – Anything above 3GB 11-13 Sound Card • All common sound cards – Dell & Yamaha OPL3-SA • Professional audio: – Soundblaster: Audigy – Terratec: EWX 24/96 (Sereo I/O analog and digital), EWS 88 MT (8 analog channels), EWS 88D (10 digital channels in ADAT format) 11-14 Configuring Linux System 1. Selecting a language 2. Choosing automatic or manual partitioning 3. Type of software to install 4. Choosing which drive to boot from 11-15 Configuring Linux (continued) 5. Adjusting the time settings 6. Configuring the hardware aspect of the system 7. Creating the root password (for the Administrator), and user accounts 8. Hardware configuration 11-16 Working with Linux Graphical User Interface • • X Window System SuSE KDE SuSE 11-17 Software Applications  OpenOffice: word processing, spreadsheets, drawing  Adobe Acrobat Reader  Konqueror: The KDE File Manager and Web Browser  Kmail: The KDE Mail Application  Evolution: An Email and Calendar Program  Sound Applications 11-18 Software Applications (continued)  TV, Video, Radio, and Webcam  K3b: The KDE Burning Application  Digital Cameras  Kooka: Scanning Application  Graphics with the GIMP  Shell system 11-19 Working with the “Shell”  Executes user commands  Command element  Command name  parameters 11-20 Linux Directory Structure  Store drives  Accessing data using folders  Root directory:  beginning of file system 11-21 Subdirectories Examples of Subdirectories /root directory, starting point of the directory tree /home (private) directories of users /devDevice files that represent hardware components /etc Important files for system configuration /etc/init.d Boot scripts/usr/binGenerally accessible programs 11-22 Why Use Linux? • Costs less • Stable • Reliable • Extremely powerful 11-23