LINUX

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Nancy Landa
Reema Madan
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 Background on Linux

Version of UNIX
Linus Torvalds – Creator of Linux
Open Source Operating System
Free Software
Source Code Available

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 Where is Linux Used?

 75% of respondents were already using

Linux and another 14% were evaluating
it
 43% of all web sites use Linux servers
running the Apache Web server

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How is Linux Used?

 Personal Workstation
 File and Print Server
 Internet Service Provider
 Three-tier Client/Server
 Turnkey System

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Using Linux on Personal Computers

• Linux kernel for free

• Kernel is central component
• Kernel can be customized to user’s
needs

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Linux Distributions

• Corel Linux
• Debian GNU/Linux
• OpenLinux (Caldera)
• Red Hat
• Slackware
• SuSE
• TurboLinux

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 Installing Linux

SuSE Distribution

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SuSE Linux Hardware Requirements

• CPU
• Main memory
• Optical Drive
• Graphic card
• Hard Drive
• Sound Card

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 CPU

• IBM
• INTEL
• Pentium I – III
• No 286, 386, 486, and Celeron
• AMD
• K6/II/III
• Duran
• Athlon, Athlon XP/MP
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 Main Memory

• SDRAM or DDRRAM
– Doesn’t matter
• Capacity:
– Minimum requirement 64MB
– Recommended 128MB and up

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 Optical Drive

• CD-ROM / DVD-ROM
– Sony, Philips, and Acer
– SuSE website has compatibility listing
• CD-R
– Sony, Philips, and Acer

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 Graphics Cards

• Supports new cards on the market

– ATI: Radeon 7500/8500, FireGl 8700/8800,
FireGL 2/4
– Matrox: G450/G550
– nVidia: GeForce 2/3/4, nForce

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 Hard Drives

• Supports EIDE and SCSI drives

– IBM, Maxtor, and Seagate
• Capacity
– Min: 400MB
– Full Install: 3GB
– Anything above 3GB

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 Sound Card

• All common sound cards

– Dell & Yamaha OPL3-SA
• Professional audio:
– Soundblaster: Audigy
– Terratec: EWX 24/96 (Sereo I/O analog and
digital), EWS 88 MT (8 analog channels),
EWS 88D (10 digital channels in ADAT
format)

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 Configuring Linux System

1. Selecting a language
2. Choosing automatic or manual
partitioning
3. Type of software to install
4. Choosing which drive to boot from

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 Configuring Linux (continued)

5. Adjusting the time settings

6. Configuring the hardware aspect of the
system
7. Creating the root password (for the
Administrator), and user accounts
8. Hardware configuration

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 Working with Linux

Graphical User Interface

• X Window System
• SuSE KDE SuSE

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 Software Applications

 OpenOffice: word processing, spreadsheets,

drawing
 Adobe Acrobat Reader
 Konqueror: The KDE File Manager and Web
Browser
 Kmail: The KDE Mail Application
 Evolution: An Email and Calendar Program
 Sound Applications
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Software Applications (continued)

 TV, Video, Radio, and Webcam

 K3b: The KDE Burning Application
 Digital Cameras
 Kooka: Scanning Application
 Graphics with the GIMP
 Shell system

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Working with the “Shell”

 Executes user commands

 Command element
 Command name
 parameters

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Linux Directory Structure

 Store drives
 Accessing data using folders
 Root directory:
 beginning of file system

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 Subdirectories

Examples of Subdirectories

/root directory, starting point of the directory tree

/home (private) directories of users

/devDevice files that represent hardware components

/etc Important files for system configuration

/etc/init.d Boot scripts/usr/binGenerally accessible programs

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Why Use Linux?

• Costs less
• Stable
• Reliable
• Extremely powerful

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LINUX VS WINDOWS

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• Financial Differences
• Technical Differences
• End-User Differences

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Financial Differences

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 Linux vs. Windows

COST
LINUX WINDOWS
Online Downloads Free Not Available
Retail Price, CD $50 $300

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• Cost for Businesses
–Companies have to spend millions for
licenses for ever individual windows
computer
–For Linux companies don’t have to spend
anything

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Technical Differences

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 Linux vs. Windows

Keeping up to date
By Upgrading
Linux upgrades faster than Windows
Compatibility
Linux is Backward Compatible unlike
Windows

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 Linux vs. Windows

Features Provided
Both support Dynamic Caching
Both have Multi-user Support

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 Linux vs. Windows

• Application Differences
No commercial word processor for
Linux, which matches the quality for
Windows

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End-User Differences

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• Proprietary vs. Open Source
Windows is a Proprietary Technology
Applications will only work on Windows
Linux – Open Source

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 Linux

 Complete information needed for

download
 Technical help – Available on Internet
(user must be comfortable with UNIX
system)
 Windows word processor is better than
Linux

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 Linux vs. Windows

In The Commercial Arena

Head to head competition
Used side by side as servers
Both handled daily workload for several
small business operations
Linux with hardware disadvantage
supported a community of users 3 times
size of NT’s

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 In The Commercial Arena

System Administration – Most significant

difference
Linux – tougher environment
Linux requires learning multi-user issues
built into Unix-file permissions
NT – easier environment
NT requires less effort to get a starter server
up and running
But in NT you have to solve multi-user issues
for each and every subsystem
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 In The Commercial Arena

NT – graphical interfaces, wizards and easy-

to-grasp metaphors
But as server chores become more
customized, NT cannot handle it
Linux – textual interface (with X-Window)
But for complex jobs, Linux gives a powerful
set of tools

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 In The Commercial Arena

NT – easy for non-programmer

Linux – programmer-based culture

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 Conclusion

“When is it best to use Linux and when

should some other operating system be
preferred?”
It all depends on the user

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