Discuss whether you would prefer to use a Linux or Windows boot loader on your home OS and why.
Linux boot loader is better than windows. It is quite secure and free from bugs. It is difficult to get infected by virus and worms .The processing speed of the loader for the same configuration processors is fast for linux boot loader.
Discuss whether you would prefer to use a Linux or Windows boot loader on your home...
Consider Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. If the security of your operating system were your primary consideration, which OS would you choose as your primary? Don't make assumptions based on what you may have heard. Do a little reading. The links below may be useful to get you started. Why did you select the OS you did? How can you further protect yourself, considering that all operating systems have their own challenges?
Boot into your Linux partition (or open Linux in a VirtualBox VM). You will create a new directory in your home directory called csci2020u/lab02. We’ll add this folder to the Git repositories. Use the following steps to complete this lab: 1. Change into the csci2020u directory 2. Make a new directory, called lab02 3. Add the lab02 directory to Git 4. In the lab02 directory, create the directory structure used by Gradle (the files will be initially empty, you can...
Linux 1. How can you enable, on a default Linux installation, root remote access through ssh? 2. A boot loader can be configured to boot multiple Linux kernels that use the same partition as their root file system. True or False? 3. Which of the following occurs first when a computer is booted? the BIOS displays a setup menu of configuration options. The kernel starts the init program. The BIOS loads the MBR. The CPU starts executing commands found in...
Discuss the purpose of a bootable live media DVD image. Point out that if you write a live media DVD image to a blank DVD and boot your computer with it, a fully functional graphical Linux OS will be loaded into RAM and available for use.
1. the commands you used to create the directories and files in Linux and Windows; 2. the commands you used to determine default permissions in Linux and Windows; 3. the commands you used to change permissions on your files in Linux and Windows; 4. a paragraph about how directories and file permissions work and what was the same or different between Windows and Linux.
THE C-SHELL: Find three reasons online for why some computer users prefer to use the Linux operating system instead of Windows. List the reasons you find and for each one write if you think this is a good reason, and why or why not. Afterwards, explain why you personally would or would not consider switching your personal computer platform to Linux from your current one. (If you already use Linux, explain why you made this choice.) Investigate some of the...
A home construction company offers to sell you energy efficient windows for your home. They claim that the new windows will save you 15% on your electricity bill each year for the next 50 years (which is the life of the windows). For ease of calculation, let's just say that you pay your electric bill at the end of each year and your bill at the end of the first year is $1800. Your electricity savings would then be $1800...
You have been called in to consult for a company that is running 15 Windows 10 computers, two Linux computers, and three Mac OS X computers. Your boss wants all of these computers to be able to share files. a. What file sharing protocol do you recommend and why? b. Should you configure this network as a peer-to-peer network or as a client/server network? Explain your answer.
Using the task management tools in Microsoft Windows and Linux, you can explore the factors that affect your personal computer’s (PC’s) performance and troubleshoot problems, such as stopping a hung application. In the Windows operating system, you use Windows Task Manager to obtain information about the programs and processes running on your PC and common performance measurements, such as central processing unit (CPU) and memory usage, for these processes. Similarly, in Linux, you use the pscommand to display a variety...