UNIX and LINUX

Computer Operating Systems

What is an Operating System?
 First executed computer program
 Controls resources for other programs
 Task Scheduler
 Manages
 Memory
 Disks
 Networks
 I/O services – (i.e. mouse / keyboard)
 Security
UNIX Operating System
 Kernel – Core of UNIX system
 Manages all hardware devices
 Controls programs
 Functions
 Manage memory
 Schedule CPU processing
 Transfer data
 Interpret and execute Shell instructions
 Enforce permissions

 Shell – Program
 Command Line interface – Text only
 Interface to the operating system (i.e. MS-DOS)
 Used to execute other Shells (i.e. program.exe)
Command Line Interface
UNIX Operation
UNIX History
 UNIX kernel
 Developed in 1969
 AT&T Bell Labs
 Ken Thompson
 Dennis Richie
 Released in 1975
 Educational institutions
 Group Sharing
 Data and Programs

 Unix History
LINUX Operating System
 Based on the UNIX kernel operating system
 LINUX kernel
 More user friendly
 Graphic User interface (GUI)
 Command Line interface
 Different variations of OS setup
 Red Hat
 Ubuntu
 SUSE
 Fedora
 Ect…

 Linux Ubuntu GUI Demo

LINUX History
Tux the Penguin
 LINUX kernel
 Developed in 1991
 Linus Torvalds
 Student
 University of Helsinki

 Inspiration
 Wanted
 Free kernel
 Openly distributed
 Popular
Evolution of LINUX
Free
 Except some
commercial brands
Open Source Software
 Openly Modified
Anybody
 Openly Distributed
Commercially
Non-Commercially
UNIX / LINUX
Pros Cons
 Open Source  Unfamiliar
 Free or inexpensive  Not many “ready”
 Powerful applications at retailers
 Always changing and  Not “novice computer
improving user” friendly
 More control over OS
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http://info.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/unixintro.html
 Maui High Performance Computing Center. (2001). Introduction
to UNIX. Retrieved March 1995, from mhpcc.
 Thoke, O. (2009, December 11). Different Types of Linux - Selecting
a Distribution. Retrieved from Bright Hub:
http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/51109.aspx
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