[afrikeber]

What of the following features does Linux support ?
Can it be installed as?
Stand-alone operating system
Client operating system in a network:
Peer-to-peer operating system
Client/server operating system

What of the following file systems does this operating system support?
File allocation table: FAT-16
File allocation table: FAT-32
New Technology file system: NTFS version 4.0
New Technology file system: NTFS version 5.0

What of the following file naming convention does this operating system support?
8 characters long
256 characters long
Hybrid: 8 – 256 characters long

Does it offer local security?


Is it Multi-tasking operating system?

Is it Multi-threading operating system?

Does it support graphical user interface (GUI) feature?
Is it 16-bits, 32-bits, and/or 64-bits based operating system?
Is it plug-&-Play compatible operating system?


What of the following features does Novell Netware (Latest version) support Can it be installed as?
Stand-alone operating system
Client operating system in a network:
Peer-to-peer operating system
Client/server operating system

What of the following file systems does this operating system support?
File allocation table: FAT-16
File allocation table: FAT-32
New Technology file system: NTFS version 4.0
New Technology file system: NTFS version 5.0

What of the following file naming convention does this operating system support?
8 characters long
256 characters long
Hybrid: 8 – 256 characters long

Does it offer local security?

Is it Multi-tasking operating system?


Is it Multi-threading operating system?


Does it support graphical user interface (GUI) feature?

[Squashman]

Please Read.
http://www.tldp.org/FAQ/Linux-FAQ/
http://www.novell.com/documentation/nw65/index.html

You should be able to find all your answers in both of these links.

[Whiteskin]

With the exception of the netware questions, your answers are 'Yes, to all of the above'. With regards to netware, Lwd is correct, take a look around novell (especially since they are pushing SuSe now). NTFS support is not the worlds most friendly yet, however, read is fine. You will however be using neither FAT nor NTFS, as linux uses it's own native filesystem type(s). There are many. Off the top of my head there is: ext2, ext3, reiser3, reiser4, jfs, xfs. (Don't associate the name similarity of the two reisers... they are as diffrent as night and day really.)

File name length depends on the file system.

[deuce868]

Someone is trying to get their homework done aren't they. :-)

Three posts and each one the same set of questions for three OS's...hmmm