CIS 130 Exercises

Homework: Linux Applications

Answer the following questions regarding Linux applications. You may use information from the Internet, your textbook or any other reference books you can find. Word process your answers.

Name a Linux application from each of the following categories: Give a brief description of the features and capabilities of each.  Give the URL of website where you can obtain (download) the software.

  1. web browser
  2. mail client
  3. IM client
  4. CD writer
  5. DVD writer (can be the same as the CD writer if the software supports it),
  6. terminal
  7. music (ex. MP3) player
  8. movie player (can be the same as the music player if it does everything)
  9. arcade-style game
  10. drawing software
  11. image processing software

 

Use the internet to research WINE.  What is it?  What does it do?  Give some examples of important applications that are compatible with it.  How might WINE change your answer to the question above?  Why? 

 

Use the internet to find at least 3 different distributions of Linux.  Find a review for each.  Compare and contrast distributions.  If you were planning to install Linux on your own computer which one of these distributions would you choose? Why?.