1. HASSAN BIN ALI
Department of IT & Communication
Politeknik Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin
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2.  At the end of this chapter, student will be able to:
1)Identify various product of operating system such
as Windows, Linux, Mac
2)Identify various version of operating system
product
3)Identify hardware compatibility and minimum
requirement for installation of a particular
operating system.
4)Identify open source and closed source operating
system
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3.  Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating
systems and graphical user interfaces produced by
Microsoft.
 Microsoft first introduced an operating environment
named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-
DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical
user interfaces (GUIs).
 Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's
personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which
had been introduced previously.
 As of October 2009, Windows had approximately 91%
of the market share of the client operating systems for
usage on the Internet.
 The most recent client version of Windows is Windows
7.
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5.  List of Windows version and date released:
Date Released Version Name
May 1995 Windows NT 3.51
August 1995 Windows 95
July 1996 Windows NT 4.0
June 1998 Windows 98
May 1999 Windows 98 SE
February 2000 Windows 2000
September 2000 Windows Me
October 2001 Windows XP
March 2003 Windows XP 64-bit Edition (IA-64)
April 2003 Windows Server 2003
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6.  List of Windows version and date released:
Date Released Version Name
April 2005 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
July 2006 Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs
November 2006 (volume
licensing) Windows Vista
January 2007 (retail)
July 2007 Windows Home Server
February 2008 Windows Server 2008
October 2009 Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
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7.  Minimum hardware requirements for Windows 7 :
1)1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)
processor
2)1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
3)16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-
bit)
4)DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher
driver
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8.  Red Hat, Inc. is a company in the free and open source
software sector, and a major Linux distribution vendor.
 Founded in 1993, Red Hat has its corporate headquarters
in Raleigh, North Carolina with satellite offices
worldwide.
 Red Hat has become associated to a large extent with its
enterprise operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux
and with the acquisition of open-source enterprise
middleware vendor JBoss.
 Red Hat provides operating-system platforms along with
middleware, applications, and management products, as
well as support, training, and consulting services
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10.  List of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version and date
released:
Date Released Version Name
27 March 2000 Red Hat Linux 6.2E (Zoot)
6 March 2002 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS (Pensacola)
May 2003 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES (Panama)
22 October 2003 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (Taroon)
15 February 2005 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (Nahant)
14 March 2007 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga)
-5.1, also known as Update 1, 2007-11-07
-5.2, also known as Update 2, 2008-05-21
-5.3, also known as Update 3, 2009-01-19
-5.4, also known as Update 4, 2009-09-02
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11.  Minimum hardware requirements for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5 :
1) CPU
- Minimum: Pentium-class
- Recommended for text-mode: 200 MHz Pentium-class or better
- Recommended for graphical: 400 MHz Pentium II or better
- Hard Disk Space (NOTE: Additional space will be required for
user data):
 Custom Installation (minimum): 475MB
 Server (minimum): 850MB
 Personal Desktop: 1.7GB
 Workstation: 2.1GB
 Custom Installation (everything): 5.0GB

12.  Minimum hardware requirements for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5 :
2) Memory
- Minimum for text-mode: 64MB
- Minimum for graphical: 128MB
- Recommended for graphical: 192MB
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13.  Mac OS is the trademarked name for a series of graphical
user interface-based operating systems developed by
Apple Inc. (formerly Apple Computer, Inc.) for their
Macintosh line of computer systems.
 The Macintosh user experience is credited with
popularizing the graphical user interface.
 The original form of what Apple would later name the
"Mac OS" was the integral and unnamed system software
first introduced in 1984 with the original Macintosh,
usually referred to simply as the System software.
 Mac OS X is the latest version which has superseded the
"Classic" Mac OS.

15.  List of Mac OS X version and date released:
Date Released Version Name
September 13, 2000 Mac OS X Public Beta
March 24, 2001 Mac OS X 10.0 - Cheetah
September 25, 2001 Mac OS X 10.1 - Puma
23 August, 2002 Mac OS X 10.2 - Jaguar
October 24, 2003 Mac OS X 10.3 - Panther
29 April, 2005. Mac OS X 10.4 - Tiger
26 October 2007 Mac OS X 10.5 - Leopard
June 9, 2008 Mac OS X 10.6 - Snow Leopard
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16.  Minimum system requirements for Mac OS X 10.6:
1)A PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor
2)Built-in FireWire
3)At least 256 MB of RAM
4)DVD drive (DVD-ROM), Combo (CD-RW/DVD-ROM)
or SuperDrive (DVD-R) for installation
5)At least 3 GB of free disk space
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17. Open Source OS Closed Source OS
- True-open-source development - Owned by someone (or some
requires that a community of software organization) and distributed through a
engineers band together to work on variety of retail channels including the
the software. owner's website.
-The idea is that more minds create - If the program is in the form of
better software. shareware, a fully functional version of
the program can be installed and run.
- There may be a limited period of time
after which the software will disable
itself
Include source code for those The source code is not usually
interested in peering into how the included. The buyer pays for the right
program does what it does and to use the program but does not own it
possibly contributing to the
development effort.
Example: ? Example: ?
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18.  Match the following their appropriate partner:
Windows 7
Open
Red Hat source OS
Enterprise
Mac OS X Closed
source OS
Ubuntu
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19.  Fill in the blanks with the correct answer
1) Oldest Windows version is
________________
2) Minimum hard disk space requirement for
Windows 7 installation is ____________
3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 was released on
________
4) ___________ is the oldest version of Mac OS
5) Minimum RAM size for Mac OS x 10.6 is
________
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