4. What is the Free Software Foundation/GNU? What is Linux? Which parts of Linux operating system did each provide? Who else help build and refine this operating system?…
Bell Labs developed Unix, followed by BSD Unix, followed by Linux, GNU followed Linux but was never completed…
The GNU is a completely free operating system built by Richard Stallman and many of its components, except for the kernel, were completed in the early '90s. Linus Torvalds wrote the kernel for Linux, which was also intended to be a free operating system, in the early '90s. The two systems then were combined together to finish Linux, with its original kernel and added features supplied by GNU. Linux was born off the internet with hundreds of people helping to develop it in its early years.…
4. GNU stands for "GNU'S Not Unix", and it was designed to be a UNIX-like operating system developed by Richard Stallman. The Free Software Foundation is the principal organizational sponsor of the GNU Project. GNU developed many of the tools, including the C compiler, which are part of the Linux operating system. Linux is the name of the operating system kernel developed by Linus Torvalds, which has since been expanded and improved by thousands of people on the Internet. Torvalds’ kernel and GNU’s tools work together as the Linux operating system.…
Programmers originally built the Unix operating system for other programmers to use. It is an extensible operating system, meaning it allows programmers to extend and change it to do anything they need it to. Essentially, it is built to multitask. It allows multiple users to use the same app or multiple users access to the same file. Although the computer cannot process all the requests at once, it does prioritize the requests to keep things orderly.…
UNIX is characterized as a multiuser, multitasking, stable, reliable, and portable OS. UNIX was developed at AT&T Bell Labs in 1969. Two programmers, Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, had returned to Bell Labs after being loaded on a project named Multics with programmers from MIT and GE. The Multics project (1965–1969) was an attempt to write a dependable timesharing system in the days of batch processing on large mainframe computers. Bell Labs withdrew from the Multics project in 1969.…
Linux is the name of the operating system kernel developed by Linus Torvalds, which has since been expanded and improved by thousands of people on the Internet.…
UNIX is a computer operating system originally developed in the 1960s and 1970s by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and Douglas McIlroy. Today's Unix systems are split into various branches, developed over time by AT&T, as well as various commercial vendors and non-profit organizations.…
and refine this operating system? The GNU project was formulated by founder, Richard Stallman, in 1983. He along with others created a kernel and system programs that were compatible with the UNIX system. Linux (the name) was derived from the original developer Linus Torvalds and UNIX, which was developed by the students at the University of Berkley, utilizing Linus’ systematic ideas. Students at Berkley contributed to the UNIX portion, which became known as BSD and System V versions. Richard Stallman in 83’ created a functioning OS using the kernel and system programs for free distribution and modification. Other developers (Doug Comer and Andrew Tanenbaum) created stripped down versions of the system.…
Stallings, W. (2012). Operating systems: Internals and design principles (7th ed.). Retrieved from The University of Phoenix eBook Collection database..…
The story of how UNIX came to be is a long, but interesting tale. During the mid-1960’s, the first multi-user operating system called Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) was created by Fernando Corbato at the MIT Computation Center. Although CTSS was highly influential for its time, it eventually failed, but not before a second generation operating system called Multiplexed Information and Computing System (MULTICS) was developed. MULTICS was started as a joint research project with AT&T Bell Laboratories, General Electric, and MIT, but due to the high maintenance costs associated with it, AT&T Bell Laboratories pulled out.…
Bell Labs was not able to market UNIX in the 1970's, though they did share this…
When looking at the interface of the Mac OS X Operating System and the Microsoft Windows XP operating system many similarities can be seen. The most obvious is the use of blue in the interface. In the core of the systems they both have a micro kernel which addresses thread management, space management and other communications at the system level and is more resistant to attacks from a virus.…
Solaris and Windows 2003 are filled with differences. The main difference between the two operating systems is the way the security is built in. They…
This book was set in 10/12 Times Roman. The book was composed by MPS Limited, A Macmillan…