(These are being posted early because I'll be on vacation next week)
For week three I read Garrels "Introduction to Linux" and Thurott's "An Update on the Windows Roadmap". My question is what exactly is an operating system? Is that the Windows that has Word and Excel? Or is an operating system something that Windows goes "on top of?" Which leads to me wondering if Linux and Windows are the same type of system. I know Linux is open and Windows is not, but once you get past that, do the have the same functionalities for the user? I'm thinking no, that Linux is not so much like Windows, but more of code that would enable Windows to operate.
I would love to see a list of the most common terms put together with their definitions and then an easy to understand diagram explaining how each are connected.
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Rebekah,
I completely agree with your confusion over what exactly an operating system entails. I think I have a basic understanding of the concept, simply from having used Macs vs. PCs and noticing the differences. But not having had extensive computer experience, save for what a "normal user" does on a daily basis, I find myself unable to explain in clear terms what my limited understanding consists of. I think that we both would have benefited from some sort of simple explanation of an operating system, in layman's terms for those of us without a formal computer education.
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