Linux

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Linux

• Jason BurnsKelly Monson
• Sue Yang
• 12/6/05
• Fall 2005 Semester

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Overview

• Brief history of Linux
• Different Flavors of Linux
• Kernel 2.6
• SUSE installation
• Most popular commands
• VMWARE
• OpenOffice

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Linux History

• Created by Linus Torvalds
• Main alternative Unix and Microsoft operating
  systems
• Main mascot Tux
• Source code for Linux is freely available to
  everyone under the GPL

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Flavors of Linux

• Mandriva
• SUSE
• Ubuntu
• Fedora

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Mandriva History

• First release was in 1998
• Made public by French software company called
  MandrakeSoft
• Formerly known as Mandrake Linux
• Merged with Conectiva and formed Mandriva in 2005

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Mandriva

• Easy installation and easy use
• Software management system automatically handles
  dependency issues and avoids conflicts between
  applications
• Free and easy updates through the Internet
• Can run for months without reboot

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SuSe History

• Pronounced soo-sah
• Peter McDonald founder
• Originally based in Germany
• Novell sponsored

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SuSe

• Easy to install
• Easy to use desktop
• YaST
• Easy data exchange

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Ubuntu History

• Name comes from the South African concept of
  Ubuntu "humanity towards others"
• Founded by Paul Shuttleworth

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Ubuntu

• Fast and easy install
• Free of charge
• Predictable releases
• Doesnt have a graphical installer

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Fedora History

• Sponsored by Red Hat and supported by the Fedora
  community
• First release in 2003

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Fedora Project

• Project where individuals and organizations can
  collaborate
• New release comes out about 2-3 times a year
• Yum utility to modify the software
• Anaconda installer

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Kernel 2.6

• 2.6 enhancements
• Hyper-threading
• NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access)
• Supports new file systems
• JFS, XFS, NFS v4, and the Andrew File System
  (AFS)
• New networking protocols
• Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP),
  Internet Protocol Security (IPSec), improved IPv6
  support, and IP Payload Compression (IPComp)

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SuSe 10

• Comes in 2 Flavors
• Easy to install
• Very Customizable
• Server and Desktop
• Modern Applications
• Highly Secure

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SUSE 10

• Now for a look at the new system
• KDE
• Menu Layout
• Taskbar Layout
• Network Browsing
• File System Layout
• YaST (Yet Another Setup Tool)

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Most Popular Console Commands

• Top Process manager
• Su Elevate privileges to root
• Rm Delete a file or directory
• Passwd Change password
• Write Send a message to another user
• Who See who is logged on
• Man Displays manual for application
• Ls- List directory contents
• Make Automates builds

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Virtual Machines

• XEN
• Can not yet run Microsoft Windows
• Still early in development
• Open Source
• VMWARE
• Can run either Linux or Windows virtual machines
• Very Mature
• Closed Source

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OpenOffice.org 2.0

• A legitimate alternative to MS Office and its
  FREE!

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What is OpenOffice.org

• A totally free productivity suite
• Founded by Sun Microsystems in 2000
• Can use the OpenDocument format, which which uses
  an XML file format standardized by OASIS, with no
  licensing ties to any company
• Ver. 2.0 was released in October

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Parts of the Suite

• Writer their word processor
• Calc their spreadsheet program
• Impress their presentation maker
• Draw their drawing program, like Visio
• Base their database program

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Writer

• Has a similar look to Word, and can decode almost
  all .doc files, as well as save to .doc
• Native format extension is a .odt
• Has the built-in ability to export your documents
  in .pdf format

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Calc

• Looks a lot like Excel, and can decode .xls
  files, as well as save to .xls
• Native format extension is a .ods
• Also has the ability to export your spreadsheets
  and tables to a .pdf file

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Impress

• Similar to Powerpoint, and can decode .ppt, as
  well as save to .ppt
• Native format extension is a .odp
• Good for basic presentations, but Powerpoint
  still has more power for the more advanced
  presentations
• Has the built-in ability to export as a .swf
  file, so you can show it using a Flash player.

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Draw

• Similar to Visio, however, can not read .vsd
  files
• Again, has the ability to export as a .swf file
• Have to create your own shapes

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Base

• A database program, which uses HSQL to store its
  data in XML files
• Hypersonic SQL is a open-source DB written in
  Java
• Can access most industry standard databases, like
  Access and MySQL

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Questions?