Operating Systems

You may have some questions about operating systems and about Linux, which is what you’ll be using on the CSE lab computers.

• What is an operating system?
• What operating systems do your classmates run?
• What are the differences between each of the various operating systems?
  • What differences are there in their interfaces, and how do you interact with them?
• What are some different ways in which you can interact with a computer?
• What are the differences between graphical user interfaces and the command line?
  • When might one be better than the other?