Exam 8: Linux on the Desktop

Explain Ken Thompson's role in the evolution of Linux.

You have installed Linux Ubuntu with the GNOME GUI. Briefly explain what command-line interface (CLI)you would use in this GUI.

The Ubuntu shell command, sudo, does not require the root password, even though it will give you temporary root account privileges for administrative tasks.

In Linux, who is the owner of a file?

Precede a Linux shell command with this command when you are logged on as an administrator, and you can temporarily run the command, even if it normally requires root-level privileges.

Defend or dispute this statement: When you start Linux, if you do not see a Login page you are not logged in as a user.

Ubuntu and Fedora are sources of Linux distributions.

It is impossible to start a live image of Linux in a virtual machine.

Because Linux is basically a non-GUI OS, the Ubuntu Linux distribution does not include a GUI.

This group formed in 1980s to continue the development of a standard for GUI interfaces.

Which of the following would you enter at the Linux command line to shut down Linux immediately and to power off the computer?

Linux is case sensitive.

What is a traditional Linux CLI shell?

A file has the permissions rwxr-xr-x. Describe what these permissions are and to whom they apply.

At the Linux command shell, when an ordinary user is logged on, the prompt ends with which of the following characters?

Which of the following options for the ls command will show a listing of all files, including hidden files?

Which of the following is the short name for a very popular Web server first developed for UNIX, but available for Linux and other operating systems?

The KDE GUI in Fedora discussed in this chapter has a screen object resembling the Windows desktop Start menu. What is the name of this object?

What organization was created in 1988 to lobby for an open UNIX?

When working in a live image of Linux, you are logged in with an administrator user account.