1.1 Open Source - Linux Evolution and Popular Operating Systems

Question 1

Ubuntu Linux is derived from __.

A) Debian Linux
B) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
C) CentOS
D) Edubuntu

Answer 1

Debian Linux

Question 2

What command will display your current linux version?

Answer 2

lsb_release -a

Question 3

What command will display your current kernel version?

Answer 3

uname -r

Question 4

What command will display your current GNU version?

Answer 4

ls –version

Question 5

What command will display your current X server version?

Answer 5

sudo X -version

Question 6

All Red Hat based distributions use the package format _

Distributions such as Red Hat, Fedora and CentOS use
the _ , _ and _ commands instead, which in turn install RPM packages.

Answer 6

rpm

rpm, yum, and dnf

Question 7

Distributions of the Debian distribution family use the package manager _ to manage the software that is run on the operating system.

Maintainers use the _ package format _ to specify how the software is installed on the operating system and how it is configured by default.

Answer 7

dpkg

deb

apt-get