1. File system and command shell
A command shell is a keyboard based interface to the operating system. Commands are typed in at the command line; they perform operations and may print out results. Commands may take options (switches) to modify their behaviour. You can find out information about commands by using the man command e.g. man ls to look up the manual page for the ls list command: alternatively you can use google On Linux most things are represented as files in the file system including programs, commands, settings, devices, data, applications etc.
a) Explore the operating system file system using the following commands: ls, cd, pwd and more. Get used to moving around the file system using these commands.
b) Find your operating systems file which represents the kernel, where is it? Which version is it? And how big is it?
c) Use ps and top to find out which processes are running, which processes takes most CPU time? Which takes most memory? What are the different states in which a process can be?