Felitaur Enterprises, Intro to UNIX

Overview
Goals for this Topic: Understand the basic History of UNIX Know why UNIX is used Learn how to log on to UNIX machines via ssh (secure shell) Know how to properly disconnect from a UNIX machine. Understand what is meant by "This is a server oriented class" and not a "desktop or workstation" class. Know the four parts of an "Operating System" The following programs/files/directories will be discussed for this topic: ^c (ctrl c) and ^l (ctrl l) Putty (a ssh client for windows) exit
Questions
What group was involved in creating UNIX? What did they first try to make? Who were the people involved in making UNIX? What were their reasons? Why did UNIX become so widespread? What language was it converted to, so as to make it more portable? Who invented that language, and where did he work? Why do we use ssh and not telnet? How do you properly disconnect from our mcunix machine? What is meant by the "flavors of UNIX/Linux"? And what flavor are we using right now? When was Linux Created? By who? How is a "server" machine different from a "desktop or workstation" machine? Can a machine be both? What are the four parts of an OS? What do some "purists" argue is the onlye ONE part of an OS?
Activities & Assignments
Go to my internet page and check out the "Web page resources" section, and find both the "Cheat Sheet for Mcunix Students" and the link to download Putty. Use the cheat sheet to log into mcunix using putty. You can create a web page if you want, but it's not required. Try the ^c and ^l commands, see if you can figure them out. Please read How to Survive this Course
Resources
As always, the book's index, or one of the many resources on the How to find answers page. And of course, Search engines such as Google one of my favorites.