1. What did Richard Stallman mean when he stated that GNU was a free operating system? A. Richard Stallman meant nobody should have to pay to use software.

2. Describe the relationship between Linux and the GNU Project? A. They are the same operating system.

3. List and describe in detail four advantages of Linux? A. Stability: Linux doesn’t need to be rebooted periodically to maintain performance levels. It doesn’t freeze up or slow down over time due to memory leaks.
Performance: Linux provides persistent high performance on workstations and on networks. It can handle unusually large numbers of users simultaneously, and can make old computers sufficiently responsive to be useful again.
Low-Cost: You don’t need to spend time and money to obtain licenses since Linux and much of its software come with the GNU. There are also large repositories from which you can freely download high quality software for almost any task you can think of.
Flexibility: Linux can be used for high performance server applications, desktop applications, and embedded systems. You can save disk space by only installing the components needed for a particular use.

4. List three examples of different hardware platforms onto which Linux has been ported. A. Linux has been ported on x86, Alpha, and PowerPC

5. What is the minimum system requirements for Fedora 15 with the GUI installed? A. Xen 3.46

6. What is the primary file system type used by Fedora 15 Linux? A. EXT 4

7. What is LVM? What advantages does LVM have over other traditional partitions? A. LVM is (logical volume manager) for the Linux kernel that manages disk drives and similar mass-storage devices. Its advantages are it allows you to shrink or expand them while the system is up and running.

8. What is a mount point? A. A mount point is a term used to describe where the computer puts the files in a file system on Unix-like systems.

9. How many primary drive partitions are supported on computers that still conform to the standard established by MS-DOS? How many total partitions can a standard computer disk [IDE/SATA] support? How many does the SCSI support? A. 4 primary partitions, Due to limitations imposed by DOS back in the '80s, ATA (the proper name for ide) and SATA drives can only hold 4 partitions, SCSI can support up to 128 physical disks.

10. What directories are often stored on their own partitions? A. The root, home, boot and swap. /usr, /home, /var

11. Instead of a page file such as windows what type of partition does Linux use when it does not have enough memory to hold all the data that it is processing?
A. It uses Swap, because swap is a dedicated partition and not a file.