Topic 2 - Installing an operating Flashcards
regarding the history of linux what events took place during
1992 - 1997
during what time period was
Linux gaining a good reputation for reliability and is being used by academic communities, desktop and large scale computers, hand held devices and servers. Corporations and individual users were also starting to adopt Linux
in what year did
Linux spread worldwide and had grown and been modified by a community of developers. Supporting new hardware such as graphic cards and keyboards e.t.c
regarding the history of linux what events took place in
1992
this is a perfect copy of data bit for bit
what does the term
image
refer to in ISO image
every one of these will have the same kernel
Note
this differs from other operating systems who may use different kernel versions depending upon the system
what is at the heart of every linux system
when this happened:
- it was released under the GNU licence that allows open and fair sharing and modification
- The announcement of came with the statement that it was a basic alternative to MINIX
- it supported Unix system calls
give three points regarding the release of Linux
these will all include:
- the Linux kernel
- user interface
- applications and utilities that support the purpose of the distro
what 3 things will all
linux distributions
include
what does the term
image
refer to in ISO image
this is a perfect copy of data bit for bit
what is a
package manager
used for
this is used to help to automate the installation, removal and updating of a software package
this refers to all the data and the file formatting/system on an optical disk such as cd or blue ray
(ISO here refers to the ISO 9660 international standard governing the file format for optical discs
(open university)
what does the term
ISO
refer to in ISO image
- Check whether there is an existing operating system or systems. If there is, the user can choose to remove it or install Linux alongside it.
- Decide where the new Linux system is to be installed, for example which disk drive.
- Decide how to partition the disk drive to accommodate the operating system’s files.
- Decide which file system is to be used.
- Partition and format the disk drive.
- Install a boot loader, which is responsible for finding and loading the operating system from the disk drive.
- Install the Linux kernel.
- Install the appropriate device drivers for the hardware devices found.
- Install the user applications and system libraries (collections of shared software).
- Configure the installed system.
(open university)
what are the ten steps of a
Linux installation
what does the term
ISO
refer to in ISO image
this refers to all the data and the file formatting/system on an optical disk such as cd or blue ray
(ISO here refers to the ISO 9660 international standard governing the file format for optical discs
(open university)
what year did
Richard Stallman announces the GNU (GNU not Unix) (g’noo) project in reaction to Unix becoming more restrictive in its use. GNU was an operating system with sets of utilities and tools that could all be studied modified and redistributed
regarding the history of linux what events took place in
1983
what 3 things will all
linux distributions
include
these will all include:
- the Linux kernel
- user interface
- applications and utilities that support the purpose of the distro
this is used to help to automate the installation, removal and updating of a software package
what is a
package manager
used for
1970 - AT&T at bell labs develop Unix
1983 - Richard Stallman announces the GNU (GNU not Unix) (g’noo) project
1987 - Andrew Tanenbaum develops MINIX operating system
1990 - unix licensing becoming even more restrictive
1991 - Linus Torvalds releases the first version of Linux
1992 - Linux had spread worldwide
1992 - 1997 - popularity and use cases for linux increases
briefly give and describe the 7 key years that are
part of and influenced the development of Linux during 1970 - 1997
