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• POS 420 Entire Course

• POS 420 Week 1 DQ 1

• POS 420 Week 1 UNIX and Linux Comparison Matrix
• POS 420 Week 1 DQ 1
• POS 420 Week 1 DQ 2
• POS 420 Week 1 DQ 3
• POS 420 Week 2 Individual File Processing
  Commands Worksheet
• POS 420 Week 2 DQ 1

• In your work this week, you have been introduced
  to Linux by logging in to the virtual desktop and
  working through the individual assignment. In
  your own words (not a rehash of the text or
  internet sources), what is a "shell?" Why are
  they important in an UNIX or Linux environment?
  Describe at least two elements of the shell that
  make it important in the Linux and UNIX.

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• POS 420 Week 1 DQ 2

• POS 420 Week 1 DQ 3

• In the article, Should You Adopt Open Source
  Software? by Ven, Verelst, and Mannaert, you
  read about some of the pros and cons of adopting
  open source software in an IT environment. In
  your own words, describe why you would or would
  not adopt open source software should you have
  the opportunity. Provide at least one concrete
  example that supports

• Check out the website http//lwn.net/Distribution
  s/. Youll note that there are many, many
  versions of UNIX and Linux that you could
  implement for your home or work use. Why do you
  believe there are so many varied versions of this
  operating system? What could be the advantage to
  having so many different versions available?

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POS 420 Slingshot Academy / snaptutorial.com

• POS 420 Week 1 UNIX and Linux Comparison Matrix

• POS 420 Week 2 DQ 1

• Individual
• UNIX and Linux Comparison Matrix
• Resources University of Phoenix Material UNIX
  and Linux Comparison Matrix
• Complete the UNIX and Linux Comparison Matrix
  located on your student website.

• Most of the time, the words UNIX and Linux are
  used interchangably. While this is convention,
  there are differences between the two operating
  systems. What do you think are three differences
  between UNIX and Linux? Describe each and discuss
  why the difference may be important to an
  organization considering implementing either UNIX
  or Linux

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• POS 420 Week 2 DQ 2

• POS 420 Week 2 DQ 3

• Throughout this course, and through your own
  research, youll hear how one of the hallmarks of
  UNIX is its out of the box security. Whether
  this is a fact or not depends on who and when you
  ask. You can read an overview of UNIX Security
  here http//www.kernelthread.com/publications/sec
  urity/tunix.html. CERT (Computer Emergency
  Readiness Team)

• UNIX has been around since the late 1960s. Given
  the long history of the operating system, I would
  like you to read the Bell-Labs article on the
  history of UNIX, located at
• http//www.bell-labs.com/history/unix/
• In your opinion, what are 3 key points in the
  timeline of UNIX development? What do you think
  the impact

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• POS 420 Week 2 Individual File Processing

• POS 420 Week 3 DQ 1

• Individual
• File Processing Commands Worksheet
• Resource University of Phoenix Material File
  Processing Commands Worksheet
• Resource University of Phoenix Materials Linux
  Directory Log
• Complete the Linux Directory Log located

• You've read that one of the hallmarks of the UNIX
  operating system is the ability to modify the
  source code of the operating system (this holds
  true for Linux as well). What are two advantages
  to being able to modify the source code of the
  operating system? What are two disadvantages of
  being able to modify the source code of UNIX?
  Give an example

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• POS 420 Week 3 DQ 2

• POS 420 Week 3 DQ 3

• For use in the weekly individual assignments, and
  to get a feel for what the UNIX or Linux of today
  looks like, we have been using Red Hat Linux 5.
  By this time, you may be considering
  investigating other versions of Linux. For this
  DQ, I'd like you to take a "Linux Distribution
  Chooser" test. It is 6 questions long.
• The chooser is here

• One of the biggest "complaints" people have of
  Linux is that there are few commercial
  applications available to compete with what is
  available in their current operating system. Pick
  two application categories (such as Email, Word
  Processing, Spreadsheet, Money Management,
  Graphics, Music, Project Management) and locate

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• POS 420 Week 3 Individual Linux Script Worksheet

• POS 420 Week 4 DQ 1

• Copy the following shell that completes the
  following
• !/bin/bash
• echo Select a country from the follow-ing list
• echo America, Italy, France, Germany
• read country
• case country in
• Aamerica ) echo Ford echo Per-haps

• Visit the UNIX family tree at
•  http//www.levenez.com/unix/
•  What are three things that interest or surprise
  you about the tree? For each of your items,
  describe what is interesting or surprising. You
  are welcome to name more than three! Your answer
  should be at least 200 words.

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• POS 420 Week 4 DQ 2

• POS 420 Week 4 DQ 3

• One of the largest (literally) uses of UNIX and
  Linux are for powering the world's
  supercomputers. Supercomputers are used mainly to
  simulate and perform large mathematical
  calculations. My favorite is the Earth Simulator
  in Japan - I love the idea of simulating Earth's
  conditions. It used to be in the top 5, and has
  now fallen to 68th in power and capability.

• After three weeks of working on the Red Hat
  system, you have now had a pretty good
  opportunity to use a command line interface
  (CLI). Compare and contrast using the command
  line versus a graphical user interface (GUI) for
  system administration functions. What are at
  least two advantages and disadvantages of each?
  Your answer should be at least 300

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• POS 420 Week 4 Individual Systems

• POS 420 Week 5 DQ 1

• Complete the Linux command skills worksheet
  that is provided in the week 4 Materials Posting

• Attached to this DQ you will find a somewhat
  dated, but still useful, lecture I used to use in
  class which focuses on viruses and antivirus for
  UNIX/Linux operating systems. Each of the
  antivirus programs mentioned in the lecture is
  commercial - there is no mention of open source
  antivirus options. Why do you think this is? In
  at least 250 words, give three reasons