Lesson 2: Operating Systems
Week of Mon, Sep 21 · lesson closes Sun, Sep 27
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- Windows Pro adds BitLocker, Remote Desktop, and domain join over Home; Enterprise adds advanced management.
- macOS is Unix-based and hardware-locked to Apple; Linux is free, open-source, and runs on almost any hardware.
- NTFS for Windows (permissions, encryption); exFAT for cross-platform USB drives; ext4 for Linux systems.
- Virtual memory extends RAM via a page file; 64-bit OS required to address more than 4 GB RAM.
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Dinner Table Question
Ask at home: Why do you think most web servers in the world run Linux instead of Windows?
En español: ¿Por qué crees que la mayoría de los servidores web del mundo usan Linux en lugar de Windows?