UNIX and Linux on the Desktop

1. When UNIX first started to be marketed commercially in the 1980s, it was used to
run ___________________, not ___________________.

2. What are some of the different distributions of Linux?

a. ____________________________________________________________

b. ____________________________________________________________

c. ____________________________________________________________

d. ____________________________________________________________

e. ____________________________________________________________

f. ____________________________________________________________

3. What distributions of Linux are making efforts to develop Linux as a viable operating
system for the desktop?

a. ____________________________________________________________

b. ____________________________________________________________

c. ____________________________________________________________

4. Some advantages of Linux as a desk top operating system and network client include
the following:

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5. UNIX and Linux both rely on the ___________________ to display the GUI.

6. The ___________________ is the software responsible for sizing, positioning, and

rendering the graphical windows that programs run in.

7. Users type commands that are interpreted by the __________, which in turn relays
the user’s instructions to operating system and other programs.

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 8. What are some of the tasks that can be done with the linuxconf tool?

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