General questions about (UNIX) OS architecture
Questions about generic terms and properties of UNIX operating systems and relations among the different parts that form an OS (kernel, user space) and the hardware that it runs on.
Questions tagged [architecture]
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How does a unix or linux system work?
I would like to know how the OS works in a nutshell:
The basic components it's built upon
How those components work together
What makes unix UNIX
What makes it so different from other OSs like Windows
Sander Versluys
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What are the books about creating own *nix OS?
I want to create my own Unix OS. Is there any book that I can learn from, from start?
Mehmet Davut
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What is the relationship between command line code and higher level language code?
I'm learning to use the terminal on my Ubuntu 14.04 and I'm running command line code in my shell (which I'm told is what is inside the terminal) to install programs. But I can also start my node.js server in my shell and I can then run javascript…
Kriss
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If we have 3 layers for any Nix system, where are web servers situated?
I am new to Linux. I guess everyone here knows Dennis Ritchie's basic hierarchy for Unix: Kernel, Shell & Utilities.
Given a server bundle (such as LAMP) isn't part the kernel but also isn't part of its shell (Services), than on what layer is it…
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