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| Any application or group of applications which is used to interpret keyboard input that is passed into the operating system for output. |
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| A text-only emulator program, such as konsole, that is used as a container for a command line that accepts typed commands (in Linux, most commonly bash). |
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| bash (Bourne Again SHell) |
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| Shell program created by the GNU Project that is commonly used in modern Linux distros. |
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| Terminal-only desktop environment. |
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| CLI (Command Line Interface) |
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| Shell-implemented interface used to input/output typed commands. |
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| TUI (Text User Interface) |
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| Older, keyboard and text-only interface. Examples include BIOS and older Linux distros like SLS. |
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| Display Server/Window System |
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| Service that tells applications and window managers how to render (draw) windows/objects to the screen. Examples: X11/XWindows, MIR, Wayland, CygWin (Windows). |
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| Deals with layout and placement of windows. WM Examples: kwin, twm, metacity, openbox, DWM (Windows). |
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| Provides a consistent "look and feel" of a GUI interface. Consists of a window manager, toolkit (gtk, QT, EFL, etc), and a set of base applications. Examples: KDE, gnome, Xfce, Enlightenment, cinnamon, mate. |
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| Consists of the login screen. Provides authorization for switching users, defines which screen/desktop to draw objects on, allows selection and execution of a desktop environment and window manager. Examples: KDM, GDM, XDM, Slim. |
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| The freedom for users to run, copy, modify, and distribute software. NOT necessarily free of cost. |
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| What does "freedom" mean regarding "free software"? |
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| A Unix-like OS that was combined with the Linux kernel to create Linux. |
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| GPL (General Public Licence) |
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| Software licence used by Linux. |
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| Unix/Linux like operating system designed and configured for the use of a specific type of user, system, or purpose. Typically consists of the Linux kernel, display server, window manager, desktop environment, and various applications. |
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| Refers to the root of the filesystem. |
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| Refers to the location of the home directory. |
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| bash character which refers to a user with standard privileges. |
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| bash character which refers to the root user. |
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| POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface) |
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| Set of IEEE compatibility standards used by most Unix like operating systems. |
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GRUB (Grand Unified Boot Loader)
(Older Linux may still use LILO - Linux Loader) |
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| Most common modern Linux boot loader. |
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u - user
g - group
o - others (world)
a - all |
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| The pipe character sends the __(1)__ of the first command to the __(2)__ of the second command. |
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Path types:
(1) Points to the exact location.
(2) Points to the location in relevance to the current working path. |
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| Designates the system that is currently being worked on (seen after @ in bash). |
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(1) Modifies a command.
(2) The items that a command acts upon. |
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| Allows easy viewing of long text documents. |
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