One of the topic areas you’ll be addressing in your presentation for Faster Computing is graphical user interfaces and how to interact with Linux. For many organizations, a distinction is made between user workstations and servers.

Learning Goal: I’m working on a linux project and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Interacting with Linux

One of the topic areas you’ll be addressing in your presentation for Faster Computing is graphical user interfaces and how to interact with Linux. For many organizations, a distinction is made between user workstations and servers. For workstations, most end users prefer to have a graphical user interface (GUI). On servers, though, it’s common to not use a GUI at all and complete all work at the command-line interface. With that said, every organization is different, and you’ll have to work with Faster Computing so the company can make the right decision for its business needs.

Faster Computing will also need to understand how software installation works in Linux. It’s critical for Faster Computing and any organization to be able to install and run the software needed to support the business. The process is significantly different than on Windows, so there will be new things to learn here. In this week’s LabSim, you’ll learn about some of the different installation tools available, such as RPM, YUM, and others.