1.2 Major Open Source Applications

Question 1

Which commands can be used to install DEB packages of Linux?

(i.e. GNU/Debian, Ubuntu, or Linux Mint)

Answer 1

dpkg
apt-get install

or

apt install

Question 2

Which commands can be used to install Red Hat packages of Linux?

(i.e. CentOs, RHEL, or Fedora)

Answer 2

rpm
yum

or

dnf

Question 3

Which open-source application on Linux can create and edit .png (image) files?

Answer 3

GIMP

Question 4

Which open-source application on LInux is used to create and edit .doc or .docx files?

Answer 4

LibreOffice / OpenOffice Writer

Question 5

Which open-source application on Linux is used to create and edit .xls (spreadsheet) files?

Answer 5

LibreOffice / OpenOffice

Calc

Question 6

Which open-source application on Linux is used to create and edit .ppt (presentation) files?

Answer 6

LibreOffice / OpenOffice

Impress

Question 7

Which open-source application on Linux is used to create and edit .wav, .mp3, .ogg, .& .flac (media) files?

Answer 7

Audacity

Question 8

Which open-source application on Linux is used to render 3D animations that can also be exported to a a 3D printer?

Answer 8

Blender

Question 9

Which open-source application on Linux is used to edit vector graphics?

Answer 9

Inkscape

Question 10

Which command line tool can convert and edit most image files and can be used to create .pdf files?

Answer 10

ImageMagicX

Question 11

Which commands can be used to uninstall DEB packages of Linux?

(i.e. GNU/Debian, Ubuntu, or Linux Mint)

Answer 11

apt-get remove

or

apt remove

Question 12

Which commands can be used to uninstall RPM packages of Linux?

(i.e. CentOs, RHEL, or Fedora)

Answer 12

yum remove

or

dnf remove

Question 13

What are the two major browser applications present in Linux environments?

Answer 13

Google Chrome

&

Mozilla Firefox

Question 14

Mozilla develops and maintains a popular e-mail client application called what?

Answer 14

Thunderbird

Question 15

Which server protocol is responsible for serving web pages to clients?

Answer 15

HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

An HTTP server collects and sends all requested data back to the browser which then arranges the requested content as defined by the received HTML document

Question 16

What are two major server program applications?

Answer 16

Apache
NGINX

&

lightpd

Question 17

Which protocol is optimized for data sharing via a computer network between Linux computers?

Answer 17

NFS - Network File System

Question 18

Which protocol is optimized for data sharing via a computer network IF multiple operating systems are in use?

Answer 18

Samba

Question 19

What are two major cloud-based data sharing applications optimized for Linux?

Answer 19

ownCloud

&

Nextcloud - Both provide file sharing, sync, collaborative workspaces, calendar, contacts, and email all through desktop, mobile and web interfaces.

Question 20

What are two basic network service programs that run on the router in a local area environment (LAN)?

Answer 20

DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - which assigns IP addresses within the network
&
DNS - Domain Name Service - which translates domain names (google.com) to an IP address (8.8.8.8)

Question 21

Computer programs begin as a text (.txt.) file and the code contained within the file is called what?

Answer 21

Source Code

Question 22

What is a ‘compiled’ programming language?

Answer 22

Compiled programming languages are source code that needs to be converted (via a compiler) into a binary file BEFORE it can be executed by the operating system.

Different computer require different binary files, therefore compiled source code may need to be re-compiled with new specs for deployment on a different computer system.

Question 23

What are TWO popular ‘compiled’ programing languages?

Answer 23

C
C++
C#
Rust
Go
Java

Question 24

What is an ‘interpreted’ programming language?

Answer 24

Interpreted programming languages are source code that does NOT need to be compiled into a binary file.

Instead an ‘interpreter’ can be installed on any compatible operating system & then reads the source code and executes it’s instructions every time the program is run.

Question 25

What are TWO popular ‘interpreted’ programming languages?

Answer 25

JavaScript
Ruby
Python
PHP

Question 26

What is the ‘Bash shell’?

Answer 26

The bash shell is an interactive interface on linux that is used to execute scripts and commands.