Operating Systems Process Control and Management

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Fenina92

Computer Science

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Research, Practice (hands-on), and document Process Control and Management in a modern day operating system.

Discover and Practice how to manage process running in a Linux environment.  For this assignment you will need to obtain a copy of a Linux distribution.  There are several popular distributions that are freely available from sites such as Linux.com.  Your objective is to:

A. Determine the processes that are running,

B. How to start a new process and assign it a priority,

C. How to change the priority of a process that is currently running.

You Must need to include screen shots of their systems in respect to A, B and C and include a brief summary for each task.

Also, discuss the scheduling algorithm used in the Linux operating system.  In a separate section, do some research on the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system, specifically on:

A. How to determine the processes that are running,

B. How to start a new process and assign it a priority, 

C. How to change the priority of a process that is currently running.  Provide a 2 to 3 paragraph summary of you findings, including a few illustrations if they provide added value to your summarization. Also discuss the scheduling algorithm used in the Windows operating system. 

Always cite your source using APA guidelines.

Requirements:

Format : APA

Pages : 4-5

Note : Please Take Care of the Grammar and Screen Shots.  


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