Have mercy! Help a college student!

Arbitor · 04-26-2004, 10:48 AM

Hello all. I have a final essay in one of my computer classes here at Ball State University regarding Linux/Unix, and I thought you all might be able to help. Here's my essay topic:

Relate the 5 components of a modern operating system to the Linux/Unix OS. (That is, explain using Linux/Unix specific terminology the User Interface, File Management, Device Management, Memory Management, and Processor Management).

Any help is much appreciated. I have to write three pages (single-space), so I'd appreciate links, explanations, etc. I could have done this same topic on Windows 2000, but I thought it'd be much more intersting to do it on Linux/Unix. Thanks in advance.

Arb

trickykid · 04-26-2004, 11:20 AM

Isn't this why they call it homework and research, for you to do it yourself?

From our rules just to let you know:

" Do not expect LQ members to do your homework - you will learn much more by doing it yourself."

With that in mind, I would also like to express to you that you should use better and more helpful thread titles.

Regards and good luck with your paper.

itsjustme · 04-26-2004, 11:38 AM

Here are some good resources for you. You should find some of the explanations you need in there:

http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/rute.html.gz
http://www.faqs.org/docs/linux_intro/index.html
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-2.html
http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/
http://www.tldp.org/guides.html

Hope that helps some.

Arbitor · 04-26-2004, 01:58 PM

Thanks, itsjustme. I'll peruse those links and see if I can find what I need.

Arb

SciYro · 04-26-2004, 10:37 PM

last time i check linux was more modern then windows, last release of windows is like a year old?, the last release of linux is about a month or so?

and user interface?, theres a interface in linux?

*downloads the sources and rushes to find this hidden user interface*

, eh.. maybe ill watch TV instead.. i can wait till 2.6.6 or 2.6.7 comes around