Operating systems 1 -- 2008-2009 -- info.uvt.ro/Laboratory 1

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Agenda

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Evaluation

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Tools

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References

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Operating systems

General discussion

• wikipedia:Operating system;
• wikipedia:History of operating systems;

Operating system components

• wikipedia:Kernel (computer science);
• wikipedia:Device driver or wikipedia:Kernel module;
• wikipedia:Shell (computing);
• desktop environment:
  • display server:
    • wikipedia:X Window System;
  • window manager:
    • wikipedia:GNOME;
    • wikipedia:KDE;
• services / daemons;
• applications;
• wikipedia:BIOS;
• wikipedia:Bootloader;

Booting

• wikipedia:Booting;
• wikipedia:Linux startup process;
• wikipedia:Windows NT startup process;
• wikipedia:Windows Vista startup process;

Shell

General discussion

• wikipedia:Shell (computing);
• wikipedia:Scripting language;
• wikipedia:Shell script;
• wikipedia:Command-line interface;
• wikipedia:Console application:
  • terminal application;
  • curses application;

Features

• command line editing;
• wikipedia:Command line completion;
• history;
• variable expansion;
• aliases;
• programming constructs:
  • variables;
  • control (if, loop, for, while, etc.);
  • arithmetic;
  • arrays;
• wikipedia:Job control;
• consult [1] for Bash features;

Linux / UNIX shells

• wikipedia:Comparison of command shells;
• wikipedia:Bash -- bash;
• wikipedia:Debian Almquist shell -- dash;
• wikipedia:Almquist shell -- ash;
• wikipedia:C shell -- csh;
• wikipedia:tcsh -- tcsh;
• wikipedia:Korn shell -- ksh;
• wikipedia:Z shell -- zsh;
• wikipedia:Scsh -- scsh -- Scheme Shell;

Other operating system shells

• wikipedia:COMMAND.COM;
• wikipedia:Command Prompt (Windows);
• wikipedia:Windows PowerShell;

Miscellaneous shells

• wikipedia:BeanShell;
• http://goosh.org/;

Usage

• wikipedia:init;

Bash

• wikipedia:Bash;
• Bash GNU page;
• The A-Z of Programming Languages: BASH/Bourne-Again Shell;

GNU / Linux / UNIX distributions

GNU

• wikipedia:GNU;

Linux

• wikipedia:Linux distribution;
• wikipedia:Ubuntu;
• wikipedia:Debian;
• wikipedia:Gentoo Linux;
• wikipedia:Arch Linux;
• wikipedia:List of Linux distributions;
• wikipedia:Comparison of Linux distributions;

BSD

• wikipedia:FreeBSD;
• wikipedia:OpenBSD;
• wikipedia:NetBSD;
• wikipedia:List of BSD operating systems;
• wikipedia:Comparison of BSD operating systems;

Other

• wikipedia:Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX;
• wikipedia:Cygwin;

Miscellaneous

• wikipedia:Live CD;
• wikipedia:Live USB;
• wikipedia:DistroWatch;

Standards

• wikipedia:POSIX;
• wikipedia:Single UNIX Specification;
• wikipedia:Linux Standard Base;
• wikipedia:Filesystem Hierarchy Standard;

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• Ciprian Dorin Crăciun, ccraciun@info.uvt.ro