2 course(1-30)

In order to install and use Linux:

• You need a computer or an account in a cloud environment such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud

• You are required to notify Linus Torvalds, so he can decide if the use is appropriate

• You must pay a fee to The Linux Foundation to obtain a license

• You have to post a public notice that you intend to honor the proper licenses

Which of the following are members of the Debian distribution family (Select all answers that apply)?

• Linux Mint

• Ubuntu

• Fedora

• Gentoo

   

Which of the following are Enterprise Linux Distributions (Select all answers that apply)?

• Solaris

• SUSE

• RHEL

• BSD

Which of the following are important facilities Linux distributions provide? Select all answers that apply.

• Make sure all the different software on the system works together and is updated at once without conflicts

• Form the connecting bridge between end users and upstream developers, making sure each is aware of the other's situations

• Provide updates, upgrades and bug and security fixes to end user systems in a timely and controlled fashion

• Make it easy to install Linux on a wide variety of hardware platforms

   

Select all true answers:

• The term Linux really applies only to the core kernel, not the entire operating system

• Linux is a product of the Free Software Foundation GNU project

• Linux borrowed heavily from basic UNIX features, but is not actually an implementation of the UNIX operating system

• The development of Linux is determined by The Linux Foundation

• Linux is one of the many varieties of the UNIX operating system

In the X Window System:

• The client handles matters such as display and input devices, while the server can be anywhere and is the running application.

• The client is always on the local system, while the server is always on a remote system.

• The server is always on the local system, while the client is always on a remote system.

• The server handles matters such as display and input devices, while the client can be anywhere and is the running application.

Which of the following are layers of the graphical system interface? Select all answers that apply.

• Desktop Manager

• Window Manager

• Display Manager

• Network Manager

• Memory Manager

If you are running a GNOME desktop manager:

• You can run KDE-based applications if you pay an extra fee

• You cannot run KDE-based applications

• You can run KDE-based applications most of the time, as long as the underlying libraries have been installed by the distribution

• You can run KDE-based applications if you install a compatibility wrapper

   

Which of the following are Desktop Managers? Select all answers that apply.

• Wayland

• KDE

• X Window System

• GNOME

• XFCE

What are ways you can launch a terminal window on a graphical desktop? Select all answers that apply.

• Hit Alt-F2 and then type in the program name (e.g. gnome-terminal, konsole, xterm, etc.)

• Hit Ctl-Alt-Delete

• On many but not all desktops, right-click anywhere on the background and click on Open Terminal

• Find the "terminal" option in the Application or Favorites menu