That particular homework seems to require things that have been (probably) done as homework previously. How the OP would expect us to write everything for him is beyond me.

Shamone!

thanks for the links!!!

Not at all a bad idea. You get to bounce ideas off each other, in addition to helping each other out.....and if you make it fun, then everyone will pick stuff up more quickly.

The best tutors figure out at at an early stage in their careers that by making learning enjoyable, it encourages people to WANT to learn.

A good demonstration of "self-sufficiency"!


Mike.

I'm also a relative Linux newbie however I know when asking for (Free) help from strangers two things are required.
1. Be polite & do not insult
2. Give them as much detailed information as possible to help them to help you.

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It's only troll-feeding if the responses are emotionally negative. I'm not seeing a lot of raised hackles. Pretty mature group here.

Linux isn't bad, it's just different. Once you get familiar with one way to do things (e.g. Windows), it can seem harder/counter-intuitive to change. But if you do decide to change, things get easier, and your mind is expanded.

These days, btw, many users get by without ever using the cli/terminal in Linux. What you can do in the gui has vastly changed. But power users find great capability in the cli and scripting that often cannot be duplicated in the gui. This goes for function and efficiency.

When I was introduced to Linux (Fedora core 1) back in 04', I did not think it was bad. I thought it was difficult to do tasks that I could easily do on Windows XP; however, I was intrigued by this robust and reliable operating system. Therefore, I bought a linux bible book, a command pocket guide and I started my Linux journey.

Presently, Linux has become easier to install and do tasks using a GUI. Also, you can find a lot of help online. Or as suggested, form a study group and do the homework together with your classmates.

Good luck!

Bad? yes. And I am a masochist: its why I like linux and its pains.
Windows? yes. I have it on my HDD as a double boot. When I want to play sadist with others, I boot the PC with Windows.
Hard? yes. Life is hard.
NVIDIA drivers? what is that? I am not a capitalist. I just use on-board or in-processor graphic abilities.
I dont know to write shell scripts? me too. And I am still alive.
Your friend is funny. The community is helpfull?: you will from time to time find an idiot to do your work (most likely the friday evening when the idiot has 3 glas of wine; else its quite rare to find an idiot in the other hours of the day; the issue with the drunk idiot is that the help will be buggy).
Somebody should complete your homework? just call your dad like at the beginning at school. probably the dad will be better than the drunken idiot.
Sorry for the bait. I will switch to Linux if I get help, but you probably don't care? no no, we care. I care. Its why I am spending time here in writing these sensitive helpfull words.
Hopefully there is a weirdo who will think this is fun? Oh yes this is fun. I just spoke with my dog and he confirmed this (sorry but my dog is not a weirdo).
Welcome here! I see your start is very good and my dog and perhaps a drunken idiot is motivated to do your homework (if your dad gave up your education). Just let us know your progress. We will enjoy.

(hopefully the moderator will enjoy my answer, too. If not? just delete).

almost a week and the moderator has not deleted your post yet. I think you made it! cheers!
by now 'Function_' probably got an 'F' on his homework unless he found someone else to do it for him.

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Linux is BAD!
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I never get the "masochistic" and "enjoy the pain" tropes.
Linux doesn't give me pain. Quite the contrary. And I use ArchLinux, a distro fabled for that specific trope. I chose because it's what works best for me. And that means less pain, not more.

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OK, I admit, very rarely there are these problems that want to make me throw my computer against a wall, or at the very least smash my keyboard. But who doesn't have these moments?

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I retired 15 years ago, took on Linux for two reasons: 1- Keep my brain well greased 2- I don't want to spend a dime more for Ms/Intel.
I survive on a diet of Google + Virtual Windows.
If you intend to make a career in IT , it's an advantage to know both.

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My career coincided with the emergence of "the computer age." Hardware was being invented right alongside software, and "operating systems" had to be invented to bridge the gap. For many decades, those operating systems – MPE®, a "DOS®" that isn't "MS/", "VMS®", "VM®", "RT/OS®", "CP/M®", "TRS-80®", the list goes on – were one-of-a-kind and entirely proprietary. In its day, "Unix®" was also proprietary, but it "escaped" due to AT&T's then-existing status as a government protected monopoly.

When "the consumer microcomputer" began to appear, each of them also had their own of-course-proprietary system ... but each of them needed a programming language interpreter. Well, Steve Wozniak at Apple did create and embed "Integer BASIC," but all of them needed Microsoft. Which had developed a technology (using a PDP-10 minicomputer) that could generate an interpreter for anything that their hardware engineers had dreamed up. Yes, a very long way from "flying to Albuquerque with a paper tape."

"Open source" had already begun to appear: IBM provided most of its "VM" and "VM/XA" operating systems in source-code form, although it was reticent about the "PL/S" compiler that it had internally developed and had begun to use. But, Linus Torvalds in his dormitory room – pursuing his own version of a certifiably "clean room" project – turned out to be the one who finally "pushed the boulder." And then, a few far-looking lawyers finished the job by creating "open-source license agreements" which were actually compatible with all of the copyright and intellectual-property conventions which then existed throughout the world.

"Open source," buttressed by these all-important license agreements, turned out to be the final solution to two of what had been one of computer software's most vexing problems: incompatibility, and cost. Once it became legally clear (due to settled international court judgments) that no one could "put up a fence and a ticket booth," it became legally possible to pursue cooperative development. And thus to amortize the prodigious costs among partners who mutually agreed that they would never attempt to directly collect them, but would instead distribute them in the cost of their products.

We owe an ongoing debt to Linus Torvalds, for Linux, and to Richard Stallman, for GNU, but of course the situation has now evolved far beyond them. The number of people whom we today owe a debt to is far too large to mention, or even to identify.

"And so, here we are today." That thing in your pocket, and that thing on your desk, and most of what you "today think nothing of doing with allthese things," and "how they work seamlessly together," simply would not exist without these developments. "I should know."

This is clickbait.
Page two? Come on LQ.

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