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Chapter 4
Software Basics
Linus Torvalds and the Software Nobody Owns
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Linux
- open-source software
- open standards
Processing with Programs
- A Fast, Stupid Machine
- The Language of Computers
- Executing a program
Software Applications
Consumer Applications
- Documentation
- Upgrading
- Compatibility
- Disclaimers
- Licensing
- Distribution
Web Applications
Vertical Market and Custom Software
System Software: The Hardware-Software connection
- What the Operating System Does
- How it works
- Where the operating system lives
The User Interface
- Desktop Operating Systems
- Multi User operating systems: Unix and Linux
- Hardware and software platforms
File Management
- Organizing Files and Folders
- File Management Utilities
- Managing files from applications
- Locating files
- Defragmentation
Software Piracy and Intellectual Property Laws
- The piracy problem
- Intellectual property and the law