Tutorial 1

Class Participation Using Wiki-Based method. Play with to understand how wiki-engines work. Each section has its own Wiki page, with its own password. password: 10120http://os1a.pbwiki.com password: 10131http://os2a.pbwiki.com password: 10123http://os3a.pbwiki.com

Editing a Wiki

Editing a Wiki

Creating a New Page

Adding Comments

Now! How to Participate? Either: –Divide yourselves into groups of 4-5, each group writes about a topic in OS. Why did we choose this method of participation? –Thinking out loud –Develop your communication skills –Help in building the Arabic Wikipedia (later on)

Participation Policies &Grading When writing in the Wiki page, please use a proper scientific method of writing, i.e. state your references and DO NOT COPY! You need to log in using your real name I will be following your participation using RSS At the end of the semester you will get a full participation mark if and only if your contribution to the wiki overcomes a post- determined threshold. Advice: Be Active! for your own sake!

Virtual Machines

Install VMWare Make sure you have the following requirements in your PC: –400MHz or faster processor (500MHz recommended) and 512MB RAM minimum (1GB RAM recommended). Read the FAQ html Download and install VMware Player (~150MB)

Load Ubuntu Download Ubuntu from the VMware Appliance Marketplace (OS category) – Search for Ubuntu 6.10 "Edgy” (~750MB), or download it from this link directly ry/693 ry/693 Unzip the image in a directory of your choice and open the.vmx file with the player.

Ubuntu Running in VMWare