Lesson 2 Date: 1/29/2014

Linux installation and upgrade

Linux for Engineering and IT Applications

What is virtualization? In computing, a virtualization is the facility that allows multiple operating systems (VMs) to run simultaneously on a computer in a safe and efficient manner. Virtualization purposes: - Application development and testing on a separate system, - Server consolidation on one platform, - Virtual appliances (download a VM applience for specific application or service) - Prototyping and setting VMs to run on a remote server or/and cloud. - Multiple Operating systems on a desktop.

Linux distributions Ubuntu distributions Installation media Bootup and installation stages Ubuntu Installer Stage Partitioning disks Installation partitions Ubuntu packages dpkg APT APT front ends Automatic Installation Virtualization KVM (exercise) Preparing for Ubuntu VM (exercise) VM configuration (exercise) Interactive installation (exercise) Take me to the Course Website