| 1. | What is free software? List three characteristics of free software. |
| 2. | Why is Linux popular? Why is it popular in academia? |
| 3. | What are multiuser systems? Why are they successful? |
| 4. | What is the Free Software Foundation/GNU? What is Linux? Which parts of the Linux operating system did each provide? Who else has helped build and refine this operating system? |
| 5. | In what language is Linux written? What does the language have to do with the success of Linux? |
| 6. | What is a utility program? |
| 7. | What is a shell? How does it work with the kernel? With the user? |
| 8. | How can you use utility programs and a shell to create your own applications? |
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| 9. | Why is the Linux filesystem referred to as hierarchical? |
| 10. | What is the difference between a multiprocessor and a multiprocessing system? |
| 11. | Give an example of when you would want to use a multiprocessing system. |
| 12. | Approximately how many people wrote Linux? Why is this unique? |
| 13. | What are the key terms of the GNU General Public License? |