This document provides an overview of Unix basics and system software. It discusses the history of Unix from its origins in 1969 to modern implementations. Key topics covered include Unix terminology, common properties such as portability and multitasking, the software conception of "do one thing well", and components like the kernel, shell, file system hierarchy, and manual pages.
This document discusses running multiple operating systems virtually using VMware. It describes how VMware allows running virtual machines, networks, and disks. VMware supports running many operating systems as guests virtually, including Windows, Linux, and DOS. It also describes hosting VMware on Linux or Windows hosts and connecting virtual machines to physical or virtual networks.
The document discusses the components and functions of an operating system. It explains that hardware is the physical elements of a computer system, while the kernel manages processes and resource allocation. The shell provides an interface to access operating system services through either a command-line or graphical user interface. User applications are programs designed for user benefit. It then provides details about specific operating systems like UNIX, Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
The document discusses Mozilla's history and contributions, including its origins as an "escape pod" from Netscape in 1998. It summarizes Mozilla's efforts to build an open-source browser and mail applications, the growth of its volunteer community, and its use of techniques like code review, testing, and fuzzing to improve quality. More recently, Mozilla has focused on projects like the Rust programming language, the Servo browser engine, and formal methods research through its Mozilla Research group.
The document summarizes various Linux distributions and desktop environments. It provides brief descriptions of their origins, focuses, and release dates. The distributions discussed include Slackware, Debian, SUSE, Red Hat, Knoppix, Gentoo, Arch, Fedora, CentOS, Ubuntu, Alpine, Oracle, Musix, Android, and Mageia. Desktop environments covered are Xfce, Enlightenment, KDE, GNOME, LXDE, Razor-qt, MATE, and Cinnamon.
This document provides a history and overview of Linux. It discusses the prehistory of Linux including early operating systems like Unix, BSD, and MINIX. It then describes how Linus Torvalds created the first version of the Linux kernel in 1991 and made it open source. The document outlines some major versions of the Linux kernel and provides timelines showing the development and releases of popular Linux distributions like Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Android. It also summarizes several popular Linux desktop environments such as KDE, GNOME, Xfce, and Cinnamon.
USB Steward is a hardware-based USB firewall that protects computers from malicious USB devices. It detects and stops device emulation attacks, protocol-based attacks, malware insertion, and physical attacks. USB Steward monitors all USB data traffic and can block unauthorized devices. It is available in home, professional, and enterprise versions with different features and comes with easy-to-use configuration software. USB Steward provides security benefits that software-only solutions cannot by physically isolating the computer and requiring no host software.
This document discusses running multiple operating systems virtually using VMware. It describes how VMware allows running virtual machines, networks, and disks. VMware supports running many operating systems as guests virtually, including Windows, Linux, and DOS. It also describes hosting VMware on Linux or Windows hosts and connecting virtual machines to physical or virtual networks.
The document discusses the components and functions of an operating system. It explains that hardware is the physical elements of a computer system, while the kernel manages processes and resource allocation. The shell provides an interface to access operating system services through either a command-line or graphical user interface. User applications are programs designed for user benefit. It then provides details about specific operating systems like UNIX, Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
The document discusses Mozilla's history and contributions, including its origins as an "escape pod" from Netscape in 1998. It summarizes Mozilla's efforts to build an open-source browser and mail applications, the growth of its volunteer community, and its use of techniques like code review, testing, and fuzzing to improve quality. More recently, Mozilla has focused on projects like the Rust programming language, the Servo browser engine, and formal methods research through its Mozilla Research group.
The document summarizes various Linux distributions and desktop environments. It provides brief descriptions of their origins, focuses, and release dates. The distributions discussed include Slackware, Debian, SUSE, Red Hat, Knoppix, Gentoo, Arch, Fedora, CentOS, Ubuntu, Alpine, Oracle, Musix, Android, and Mageia. Desktop environments covered are Xfce, Enlightenment, KDE, GNOME, LXDE, Razor-qt, MATE, and Cinnamon.
This document provides a history and overview of Linux. It discusses the prehistory of Linux including early operating systems like Unix, BSD, and MINIX. It then describes how Linus Torvalds created the first version of the Linux kernel in 1991 and made it open source. The document outlines some major versions of the Linux kernel and provides timelines showing the development and releases of popular Linux distributions like Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Android. It also summarizes several popular Linux desktop environments such as KDE, GNOME, Xfce, and Cinnamon.
USB Steward is a hardware-based USB firewall that protects computers from malicious USB devices. It detects and stops device emulation attacks, protocol-based attacks, malware insertion, and physical attacks. USB Steward monitors all USB data traffic and can block unauthorized devices. It is available in home, professional, and enterprise versions with different features and comes with easy-to-use configuration software. USB Steward provides security benefits that software-only solutions cannot by physically isolating the computer and requiring no host software.
Linux is a free and open-source operating system based on the Linux kernel, which was created by Linus Torvalds in 1991. It is widely used on servers, desktops, and embedded devices. Major Linux distributions combine the Linux kernel with tools and libraries from the GNU operating system and various application software into a format that is easy to install and use. Linux has gained popularity for its security, reliability, and low cost as well as avoiding vendor lock-in.
Update as of March 2016: This is an article from ACM Computer, May 1996. It is old and facts, links, contact information and the world itself has changed significantly. Read this out of historical interest – look elsewhere for current information on Plan 9. Reformatted, citations updated and some graphics tweaked for readability.
Plan 9 was an operating system designed in the 1980s by Bell Labs as a distributed successor to Unix. It treated all system resources, including files, devices, processes and network connections, as files that could be accessed through a single universal file system interface. Plan 9 assumed a network of reliable file servers and CPU servers with personal workstations accessing aggregated remote resources through a high-speed network. It aimed to "build a UNIX out of little systems" rather than integrating separate systems.
Plan 9 is a distributed operating system designed to be UNIX's true successor. It was created by the original creators of UNIX and other foundational systems. Plan 9 aims to improve on UNIX by providing a uniform interface to all system resources through a file-based model and protocol called 9P. This allows resources like processes, devices, and networking to be accessed transparently as files. It also aims to simplify the system by removing unnecessary complexity added over time to UNIX. Plan 9 uses a message passing model for concurrency instead of threads and has its own set of innovative applications built upon its model.
Linux is an open source operating system like Unix. It can be used for small to large operations and is cheaper than Windows. Linux has a graphical user interface and is developed through collaboration. While it has had some viruses, they are not actively spreading. Threats are addressed quickly by the community. Linux is widely used today and continues to grow its market share compared to proprietary Unix systems.
The document provides a history of the Linux operating system. It describes how Linux originated from earlier projects like Unix, GNU, and MINIX. It then discusses how Linus Torvalds began developing Linux in 1991 and made the code freely available, leading to its growth as an open-source operating system. A timeline shows the major versions of the Linux kernel released from 1991 to 2017, with descriptions of new features and changes in each version.
GNU/Linux is a free open source operating system that began in 1984 as the GNU Project to create a free operating system and in 1991 Linus Torvalds created the Linux kernel; it provides users freedom to use, examine, redistribute, and modify software while preventing others from denying these freedoms and has advantages over Windows like reliability, scalability, flexibility, security, and price. Common desktop applications for GNU/Linux include word processing, programming, graphics, web browsing, email, audio, and games.
This document discusses real-time operating systems (RTOS). It defines an RTOS as a multitasking OS that meets time deadlines and functions in real-time constraints. The document outlines RTOS architecture, including the kernel that provides abstraction between software and hardware. It also discusses RTOS features like tasks, scheduling, timers, memory management, and inter-task communication methods. Examples of RTOS applications include medical devices, aircraft control systems, and automotive components.
This document discusses real-time operating systems for embedded systems. It defines embedded systems and real-time constraints. It describes the components of an RTOS including task management, inter-task communication, dynamic memory allocation, timers, and device I/O. It discusses when an RTOS is necessary compared to a general purpose OS and provides examples of common RTOSes.
This document provides an overview of UNIX memory management. It discusses the history of UNIX and how it evolved from earlier systems like Multics. It describes swapping as an early technique for virtual memory management in UNIX and how demand paging was later introduced. Key concepts discussed include page tables, page replacement algorithms like two-handed clock, and the kernel memory allocator.
The document discusses Unix system software topics including text manipulation using wildcards, user management using tools like useradd and passwd, processes that can be viewed using ps and top, and signals that can be sent between processes using kill. Globbing uses patterns like *, ?, and [] to match files, while useradd/del add and remove users and passwd changes passwords. Processes are applications running as tasks that can be viewed and sorted using ps and top. Signals are asynchronous messages sent between processes, and kill is used to send signals like SIGINT and SIGKILL to processes.
This document discusses Unix file permissions and searching. It explains how to use the chown, chgrp, and chmod commands to change ownership, group, and permissions of files. It also covers the which, whereis, find, and locate commands for searching and locating files on the system. Examples are provided for each command.
This document defines and describes compilers. It discusses that a compiler translates high-level programming languages into machine-level languages. The compiler process involves two main phases - analysis and synthesis. The analysis phase breaks down the source code and generates an intermediate representation through lexical, syntax and semantic analysis. The synthesis phase then generates target code from the intermediate representation, optimizing and outputting assembly code. The document also outlines the typical structure of a compiler into front-end, middle-end and back-end components and discusses native compilers, cross compilers and virtual machines.
System Administration: Introduction to system administrationKhang-Ling Loh
This document provides an overview of system administration, including the knowledge and skills required, typical duties, and various professional certification programs. System administration involves maintaining and operating computer systems and networks, with duties like monitoring security, managing user accounts, performing backups, and troubleshooting issues. Key knowledge areas include operating systems, applications, hardware/software troubleshooting, networking, security, programming, problem solving, and teamwork. Popular certification programs discussed are Linux Professional Institute (LPI), Ubuntu, Oracle, Solaris, IBM, HP, and Cisco, with information on exam requirements and costs.
Practical unix utilities for text processingAnton Arhipov
This document provides examples of common Linux utilities used for text processing and manipulation. It lists utilities like grep, sed, awk, cut, sort, uniq and provides usage examples for searching for strings, printing/deleting lines, making substitutions, counting words, splitting files and more. The takeaway is to use the man command or info coreutils to learn more about these powerful utilities.
The document provides an introduction to compilers. It discusses that compilers are language translators that take source code as input and convert it to another language as output. The compilation process involves multiple phases including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code generation, and code optimization. It describes the different phases of compilation in detail and explains concepts like intermediate code representation, symbol tables, and grammars.
A compiler is a program that translates a program written in one language into an equivalent target language. The front end checks syntax and semantics, while the back end translates the source code into assembly code. The compiler performs lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code generation, optimization, and error handling. It identifies errors at compile time to help produce efficient, error-free code.
System administration involves tasks like maintaining computer systems and networks, setting up user accounts, monitoring performance and security, updating software, and troubleshooting issues. It requires broad technical knowledge as well as skills in areas like communication, problem solving, and planning for future needs of systems and users. While computer systems and the roles of system administrators have become more complex over time, the core goals remain ensuring systems and networks are operational, secure, and meeting the needs of users.
The document provides an overview of compilers by discussing:
1. Compilers translate source code into executable target code by going through several phases including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code optimization, and code generation.
2. An interpreter directly executes source code statement by statement while a compiler produces target code as translation. Compiled code generally runs faster than interpreted code.
3. The phases of a compiler include a front end that analyzes the source code and produces intermediate code, and a back end that optimizes and generates the target code.
Phases of the Compiler - Systems ProgrammingMukesh Tekwani
The document describes the various phases of compilation:
1. Lexical analysis scans the source code and groups characters into tokens.
2. Syntax analysis checks syntax and constructs parse trees.
3. Semantic analysis generates intermediate code, checks for semantic errors using symbol tables, and enforces type checking.
4. Optional optimization improves programs by making them more efficient.
Linux is a free and open-source operating system based on the Linux kernel, which was created by Linus Torvalds in 1991. It is widely used on servers, desktops, and embedded devices. Major Linux distributions combine the Linux kernel with tools and libraries from the GNU operating system and various application software into a format that is easy to install and use. Linux has gained popularity for its security, reliability, and low cost as well as avoiding vendor lock-in.
Update as of March 2016: This is an article from ACM Computer, May 1996. It is old and facts, links, contact information and the world itself has changed significantly. Read this out of historical interest – look elsewhere for current information on Plan 9. Reformatted, citations updated and some graphics tweaked for readability.
Plan 9 was an operating system designed in the 1980s by Bell Labs as a distributed successor to Unix. It treated all system resources, including files, devices, processes and network connections, as files that could be accessed through a single universal file system interface. Plan 9 assumed a network of reliable file servers and CPU servers with personal workstations accessing aggregated remote resources through a high-speed network. It aimed to "build a UNIX out of little systems" rather than integrating separate systems.
Plan 9 is a distributed operating system designed to be UNIX's true successor. It was created by the original creators of UNIX and other foundational systems. Plan 9 aims to improve on UNIX by providing a uniform interface to all system resources through a file-based model and protocol called 9P. This allows resources like processes, devices, and networking to be accessed transparently as files. It also aims to simplify the system by removing unnecessary complexity added over time to UNIX. Plan 9 uses a message passing model for concurrency instead of threads and has its own set of innovative applications built upon its model.
Linux is an open source operating system like Unix. It can be used for small to large operations and is cheaper than Windows. Linux has a graphical user interface and is developed through collaboration. While it has had some viruses, they are not actively spreading. Threats are addressed quickly by the community. Linux is widely used today and continues to grow its market share compared to proprietary Unix systems.
The document provides a history of the Linux operating system. It describes how Linux originated from earlier projects like Unix, GNU, and MINIX. It then discusses how Linus Torvalds began developing Linux in 1991 and made the code freely available, leading to its growth as an open-source operating system. A timeline shows the major versions of the Linux kernel released from 1991 to 2017, with descriptions of new features and changes in each version.
GNU/Linux is a free open source operating system that began in 1984 as the GNU Project to create a free operating system and in 1991 Linus Torvalds created the Linux kernel; it provides users freedom to use, examine, redistribute, and modify software while preventing others from denying these freedoms and has advantages over Windows like reliability, scalability, flexibility, security, and price. Common desktop applications for GNU/Linux include word processing, programming, graphics, web browsing, email, audio, and games.
This document discusses real-time operating systems (RTOS). It defines an RTOS as a multitasking OS that meets time deadlines and functions in real-time constraints. The document outlines RTOS architecture, including the kernel that provides abstraction between software and hardware. It also discusses RTOS features like tasks, scheduling, timers, memory management, and inter-task communication methods. Examples of RTOS applications include medical devices, aircraft control systems, and automotive components.
This document discusses real-time operating systems for embedded systems. It defines embedded systems and real-time constraints. It describes the components of an RTOS including task management, inter-task communication, dynamic memory allocation, timers, and device I/O. It discusses when an RTOS is necessary compared to a general purpose OS and provides examples of common RTOSes.
This document provides an overview of UNIX memory management. It discusses the history of UNIX and how it evolved from earlier systems like Multics. It describes swapping as an early technique for virtual memory management in UNIX and how demand paging was later introduced. Key concepts discussed include page tables, page replacement algorithms like two-handed clock, and the kernel memory allocator.
The document discusses Unix system software topics including text manipulation using wildcards, user management using tools like useradd and passwd, processes that can be viewed using ps and top, and signals that can be sent between processes using kill. Globbing uses patterns like *, ?, and [] to match files, while useradd/del add and remove users and passwd changes passwords. Processes are applications running as tasks that can be viewed and sorted using ps and top. Signals are asynchronous messages sent between processes, and kill is used to send signals like SIGINT and SIGKILL to processes.
This document discusses Unix file permissions and searching. It explains how to use the chown, chgrp, and chmod commands to change ownership, group, and permissions of files. It also covers the which, whereis, find, and locate commands for searching and locating files on the system. Examples are provided for each command.
This document defines and describes compilers. It discusses that a compiler translates high-level programming languages into machine-level languages. The compiler process involves two main phases - analysis and synthesis. The analysis phase breaks down the source code and generates an intermediate representation through lexical, syntax and semantic analysis. The synthesis phase then generates target code from the intermediate representation, optimizing and outputting assembly code. The document also outlines the typical structure of a compiler into front-end, middle-end and back-end components and discusses native compilers, cross compilers and virtual machines.
System Administration: Introduction to system administrationKhang-Ling Loh
This document provides an overview of system administration, including the knowledge and skills required, typical duties, and various professional certification programs. System administration involves maintaining and operating computer systems and networks, with duties like monitoring security, managing user accounts, performing backups, and troubleshooting issues. Key knowledge areas include operating systems, applications, hardware/software troubleshooting, networking, security, programming, problem solving, and teamwork. Popular certification programs discussed are Linux Professional Institute (LPI), Ubuntu, Oracle, Solaris, IBM, HP, and Cisco, with information on exam requirements and costs.
Practical unix utilities for text processingAnton Arhipov
This document provides examples of common Linux utilities used for text processing and manipulation. It lists utilities like grep, sed, awk, cut, sort, uniq and provides usage examples for searching for strings, printing/deleting lines, making substitutions, counting words, splitting files and more. The takeaway is to use the man command or info coreutils to learn more about these powerful utilities.
The document provides an introduction to compilers. It discusses that compilers are language translators that take source code as input and convert it to another language as output. The compilation process involves multiple phases including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code generation, and code optimization. It describes the different phases of compilation in detail and explains concepts like intermediate code representation, symbol tables, and grammars.
A compiler is a program that translates a program written in one language into an equivalent target language. The front end checks syntax and semantics, while the back end translates the source code into assembly code. The compiler performs lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code generation, optimization, and error handling. It identifies errors at compile time to help produce efficient, error-free code.
System administration involves tasks like maintaining computer systems and networks, setting up user accounts, monitoring performance and security, updating software, and troubleshooting issues. It requires broad technical knowledge as well as skills in areas like communication, problem solving, and planning for future needs of systems and users. While computer systems and the roles of system administrators have become more complex over time, the core goals remain ensuring systems and networks are operational, secure, and meeting the needs of users.
The document provides an overview of compilers by discussing:
1. Compilers translate source code into executable target code by going through several phases including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code optimization, and code generation.
2. An interpreter directly executes source code statement by statement while a compiler produces target code as translation. Compiled code generally runs faster than interpreted code.
3. The phases of a compiler include a front end that analyzes the source code and produces intermediate code, and a back end that optimizes and generates the target code.
Phases of the Compiler - Systems ProgrammingMukesh Tekwani
The document describes the various phases of compilation:
1. Lexical analysis scans the source code and groups characters into tokens.
2. Syntax analysis checks syntax and constructs parse trees.
3. Semantic analysis generates intermediate code, checks for semantic errors using symbol tables, and enforces type checking.
4. Optional optimization improves programs by making them more efficient.
The document discusses several common Unix command line utilities for text processing and file searching:
- find - Searches for files and directories based on various criteria like name, type, size, and modification time. Results can be piped to xargs to perform actions.
- grep - Searches files for text patterns. Has options for case-insensitive, recursive, and whole word searches.
- sed - Stream editor for modifying text, especially useful for find-and-replace. Can capture groups and perform transformations.
The document discusses operating system structures and design. It covers topics such as system calls, system programs, operating system services, and different operating system designs including monolithic, layered, and microkernel structures. Specifically, it describes how early systems like MS-DOS and UNIX had monolithic structures with limited separation of components, while later designs focused more on modularity, separation of mechanisms and policies, and other principles.
The document discusses the major phases of a compiler:
1. Syntax analysis parses the source code and produces an abstract syntax tree.
2. Contextual analysis checks the program for errors like type checking and scope and annotates the abstract syntax tree.
3. Code generation transforms the decorated abstract syntax tree into object code.
The document describes a presentation on sed and awk given by Joshua Thijssen. It begins with biographical information about Joshua, who works as a senior software engineer. It then discusses expanding one's "comfort zone" by learning tools like sed and awk that may be better suited than PHP for certain data manipulation tasks. The remainder of the document outlines why sed and awk are useful and previews the topics to be covered in the presentation, including an introduction to sed.
This document provides an introduction to the UNIX operating system. It discusses what an operating system is and describes different types of operating systems such as single-user/single-process, single-user/multi-process, and multi-user/multi-process operating systems. It then focuses on the UNIX operating system, describing its history, components, and capabilities. The rest of the document covers UNIX file system concepts such as directories, paths, file permissions and types of files. It also explains common UNIX commands for navigating, viewing, creating, copying, moving and deleting files and directories.
This document provides an overview and summary of a workshop on OSSEC. The workshop was presented by Wim Remes and Xavier Mertens at BH EU 2011. OSSEC is introduced as a free host-based intrusion detection system that focuses on log analysis, file integrity monitoring, and policy monitoring. The workshop covered OSSEC technical features and architecture, challenges with log management and analysis, and key design and implementation considerations for OSSEC including time synchronization, access to raw data, use of UDP port 1514, and high availability.
This ppt discusses the history of both the operating systems & compares both of them in terms of Kernel, memory management, GUI and application support.
The document provides information about Linux operating system. It discusses the history of Linux, how it was developed by Linus Torvalds as a free and open source alternative to Unix. It describes the key components of Linux like the kernel, types of kernels (microkernel, monolithic, hybrid), features of Linux like portability, open source nature, security etc. It also discusses popular Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Red Hat, Debian, Fedora and SUSE. Finally, it mentions some methods of installing Linux like booting from a USB or burning a live CD.
The document provides information on the history and features of the UNIX operating system. It discusses that UNIX was first created in 1969 at Bell Labs and made commercially available in 1977. It then describes several key features of UNIX including being multi-tasking, multi-user, having a hierarchical file system, shell interface, and being portable across different hardware. The document also discusses the UNIX kernel and system architecture, including the kernel interacting with hardware and managing tasks like memory, files, and processes. It provides information on different UNIX shells like the Bourne shell, C shell, and Korn shell.
Unix is a multi-user, multi-tasking operating system developed at Bell Labs in the 1960s using a command line interface and featuring security, portability, and efficient memory management through processes, files, and directories. It allows multiple users to access the system simultaneously running many programs through its kernel which separates processes and regulates hardware access. Key aspects of Unix include its graphical and command line interfaces, process management through states and system calls, memory management using swapping and demand paging, and file management with ordinary, special, and directory file types.
The components of an operating system all exist in order to make the different parts of a computer work together. All user software needs to go through the operating system in order to use any of the hardware, whether it be as simple as a mouse or keyboard or as complex as an Internet component.
Unix is a multi-user, multi-tasking operating system that was first created in 1969 at Bell Labs. It allows many users to use the system simultaneously running multiple programs. Linux originated in 1991 as a personal project and is now a free, open source Unix-like operating system. It features multi-tasking, virtual memory, networking and more. Linux is widely used for servers, workstations, internet services and more due to its low cost, stability, and reliability compared to other operating systems.
Linux: The Journey, Milestones, and What's AheadJarod Wang
Oracle cares about Linux because in the late 1990s, it saw that Linux on commodity hardware could help standardize IT infrastructure and reduce costs. Oracle adopted a strategy of combining Linux, commodity hardware, and its own products. This allowed customers to deploy and deliver cost effective, reliable, and open standards-based applications. Since then, Oracle has fully embraced Linux and made major commitments to its development and support, helping establish Linux as the standard operating system in the data center.
The document provides information about the Ubuntu operating system. It discusses Ubuntu's history as a fork of Debian Linux that was created to be more user-friendly. It was founded by Mark Shuttleworth in 2004. The document also covers Ubuntu's design principles, use of the Linux kernel for processes, memory management, file systems, security features, and graphical user interface.
Linux is a widely used open source operating system kernel that can also refer to full operating system distributions. It is commonly used in embedded systems due to its portability, modularity, and ability to run on hardware with limited resources. Device drivers can be dynamically loaded and unloaded from the Linux kernel as modules, allowing new functionality to be added without rebooting the system. This makes Linux well-suited for embedded device development.
Linux is an open-source operating system based on the Linux kernel that was initially created for personal computers but is now widely used in servers, embedded systems, and smartphones through Android. Linux distributions contain the Linux kernel and supporting software and there are over 600 distributions available, some popular ones being Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE. The core of the Linux architecture is the kernel which virtualizes hardware resources and prevents conflicts between processes, while system libraries implement OS functionality and shells provide an interface to the kernel.
The document provides an overview of Linux training. It discusses operating systems and their functions. It then covers Linux origins, introductions, advantages over Windows, flavors, installation, boot sequences, run levels, applications, and file structure including important configuration files. The document is intended to educate users about the fundamentals of Linux operating systems.
The kernel acts as an interface between applications and hardware, providing basic facilities like process management, memory management, and device management. There are different types of kernels including monolithic, microkernel, and hybrid kernels. A monolithic kernel runs all operating system services in the same process as the kernel itself. It is commonly used in Unix-like systems and can be faster due to less software, but bugs can more easily crash the entire system and it is not portable to new hardware architectures.
This document discusses operating system architecture and kernel types. It defines the kernel as the fundamental part of the OS that provides secure access to hardware and decides resource allocation. Kernels can take different forms: monolithic kernels have all services in kernel space for good performance but are difficult to maintain; microkernels minimize the kernel to essential functions and put most services in user space for better modularity but more overhead; hybrid kernels combine aspects of monolithic and microkernels; nano and exokernels are more minimal.
RTLinux is a real-time operating system that allows real-time applications to run on top of Linux. It modifies the Linux kernel to add a virtual machine layer with a separate task scheduler that prioritizes real-time tasks over standard Linux processes. This enables RTLinux to support hard real-time deadlines. Programming in RTLinux involves creating modules that can be loaded and unloaded from the kernel using specific commands. Real-time threads and synchronization objects like mutexes are implemented using POSIX interfaces.
The document provides an introduction to the Linux operating system. It discusses the history of Linux, noting it was developed by Linus Torvalds in 1991 based on UNIX and intended to be open source and free. It describes Linux as a free operating system that includes software applications. Popular Linux distributions are then listed such as Red Hat, Debian, Ubuntu, and Gentoo. The core components of the Linux operating system structure are outlined as the user, shells, kernel, and hardware. Key features of the kernel and shells are defined. Security advantages of Linux and popular text editors in Linux like Vi and Emacs are also summarized.
How to Setup Warehouse & Location in Odoo 17 InventoryCeline George
In this slide, we'll explore how to set up warehouses and locations in Odoo 17 Inventory. This will help us manage our stock effectively, track inventory levels, and streamline warehouse operations.
Philippine Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP) CurriculumMJDuyan
(𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝟏𝟎𝟎) (𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟏)-𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐬
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐏𝐏 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬:
- Understand the goals and objectives of the Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP) curriculum, recognizing its importance in fostering practical life skills and values among students. Students will also be able to identify the key components and subjects covered, such as agriculture, home economics, industrial arts, and information and communication technology.
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫:
-Define entrepreneurship, distinguishing it from general business activities by emphasizing its focus on innovation, risk-taking, and value creation. Students will describe the characteristics and traits of successful entrepreneurs, including their roles and responsibilities, and discuss the broader economic and social impacts of entrepreneurial activities on both local and global scales.
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
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4. UNIX
• UNIX is a computer operating system originally
developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees
at Bell Labs.
• Today UNIX is a family of the operating systems
that correspond to the Single Unix Specification.
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5. Main events
• 1969 – MULTICS, the first implementation of the
UNIX operating system for General Electric
GE-645 computer.
• 1976 – UNIX Timesharing System 6
• 1977 – Berkley Software Distribution (BSD)
• 1979 – UNIX Timesharing System 7
• 1982 – BSD 4.1 implements TCP/IP
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6. People
Denis Ritchie Brian Kernighan Ken Thompson
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7. Main events
• 1988 – First edition of POSIX standard
• 1989 – The ANSI C standard is published
• 1983 – Richard Stallman initiated the GNU project
• 1992 – The GNU is using the Linux kernel
• 1994 – 386 BSD is released
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8. People
Linus Torvalds Richard Stallman
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9. People
William Jolitz Lynne Jolitz
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11. *nix
• UNIX-like operating system (or just *nix) is an
operating system that behaves similar to UNIX but
does not correspond to the Single Unix
Specification.
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12. SUS
• Single UNIX specification is the collective name of
a family of standards for computer operating
systems to qualify for the name "Unix"
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13. POSIX
• POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface for
uniX)is the standard for the UNIX operating
system published by IEEE Computer Society.
• Includes:
• System API
• Shell interface
• API of the system utilities
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14. Time-sharing
• Time-sharing operating system shares a computing
resource among many users by means of
multiprogramming and multi-tasking.
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16. Key properties
• Portability
• Preemptive multitasking
• Virtual memory
• Multilevel architecture
• Support of asynchronous processes
• Device-independent I/O
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17. Software conception
• Do only one thing and do it well.
For each task the system can perform there is a
separate program.
• Examples:
cp – copies a file
cat – prints a file’s contents
• Benefits:
- Simplicity
- Number of errors is relatively small.
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18. Everything is a file
• Every computer’s resource is represented by a file.
• Examples:
/home/john/text.txt – John’s text file
/dev/sda – first hard drive
/proc/scsi – information about any devices
connected via a SCSI or RAID controller
• Benefits:
Device-independent I/O operations.
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19. Multilevel architecture
• Each software type runs on an appropriate level
• Memory is not shared between different levels
• System calls for inter-level communications
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20. Multilevel architecture
Application software, network services, utilities
System software (command interpreters, protocols...)
System calls
Kernel
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21. Kernel
• Scheduling
• Memory management
• Interruptions processing
• Inter-process communication
• Low-level device support
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24. Kernel
“Exokernel”
based Operating System
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25. System calls
• Process management
• Implementation of I/O operations
• Bind user actions to drivers
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26. Signals
• Signals are an approach of inter-process
communication (IPC)
• Signal is an asynchronous message sent to signal
• Operating system interrupts the process when it is
sent a signal
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27. Signals
• A process can implement a handler for different
kind of signals
• Default handler kills the process
• Some signals can not be handled
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28. Signals
• Sources of signals:
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Kernel
• Hardware exception
• Wrong system call
• I/O operations
• A process
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29. Shell
Shell is a command-line interpreter that provides a
traditional user interface for the Unix operating system
and for Unix-like systems.
Most popular are: bash, sh, csh, zsh
We will mostly use bash.
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30. Common syntax
$ app_name [options] [parameters]
Options begin with - or --
-o1 [value] -o2 -o3 [value]
or
-o1o2o3
Examples:
$ tar -x -j -v -f archive.tar.gz
$ tar -xjvf archive.tar.gz
Parameters are usually required.
$ rdesktop -f -u UserName 192.168.0.124
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31. Manual pages
Man application shows a manual page for specified
application:
$ man {app_name}
Or you can use option -h to see a short help:
$ tar -h
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32. File system hierarchy standard
/ Rood directory
/bin/ Essential command binaries
/boot/ Static bootloader
/dev/ Devices represented by files
/etc/ Host-specific configuration data
/lib/ Basic shared libraries and kernel modules
/mnt/ Temporary mount point
/opt/ Optional software
/sbin/ Basic system software
/tmp/ Temporary data
/usr/ Secondary hierarchy
/var/ Variable data
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33. PATH
PATH is an environment variable used by shells for
searching for applications.
Applications located in directories that are included to
PATH can be launched without specifying full path.
$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/
bin
You can modify PATH
$ PATH=$PATH:~/bin
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34. Navigation
cd Navigates to specified directory
ls Shows current directory’s contents
pwd Shows current directory
mkdir Creates a directory
rmdir Removes a directory
touch Modifies last change date
rm Deletes a file
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35. Inodes
Inode is an index descriptor of a filesystem resource.
- Every resource has own inode number.
- File name is a link to inode.
Example:
$ ls -dl /usr/local
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 240 Dec 22
/usr/local
/usr/local/.
/usr/local/bin/..
/usr/local/games/..
/usr/local/lib/..
/usr/local/sbin/..
/usr/local/share/..
/usr/local/src/..
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