Belarmino Chrisilda Roa - Arch Linux

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I. Course Code / Title : IT 443L Linux OS

II. Program : Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
III. Credit Units : 3 units
IV. No. of Hours : 90 hours (3 hours Laboratory / 2 hours Lecture)
V. Pre-requisite Subjects : IT 363L Operating System
VI. Course Description :
Arch Linux: A Case Study
Abstract
We have been focusing our attention on the Ubuntu version of Linux. But
there are other Linux distributions.
One such distribution is Arch Linux, which is focused on simplicity and gives a
lot of control to the user. We will take a closer look at this distribution, and it
differences from Ubuntu.
I. Introduction
The great thing about Linux distro is that theres one for every skill
level. If youre new to Linux and want something that works right out of
the box (or rather, the ISO file), then either Ubuntu or Linux Mint is a good
choice. On the other hand, if youre comfortable with Linux and Unix and
you like to customize things a little (or perhaps, a lot), then you might
want to give Arch Linux a try.
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Arch is a distro thats been around for about a decade, and tries to adhere
to a keep it simple stupid policy. Simplicity, however, means something
different to the Arch community than it does to the Ubuntu user base.
The early years
Judd Vinet, a Canadian programmer and occasional guitarist, began developing
Arch Linux in early 2001. Its first formal release, Arch Linux 0.1, was on March
11, 2002. Inspired by the elegant simplicity of Slack ware, BSD, PLD Linux, and
CRUX, and yet disappointed with their lack of package management at the
time; Vinet built his own distribution on similar principles as those distro. But, he
also wrote a package management program called pacman, to automatically
handle package installation, removal, and Arch Wiki.
Arch Linux (or Arch /rt/) [3] is a Linux distribution for computers based on IA-
32 and x86-64 architectures [4][b][c] It is composed predominantly of free and
open-source software,[5] and supports community involvement.[6]The design
approach of the development team follows the KISS principle ("keep it simple,
stupid") as the general guideline, and focuses on elegance, code correctness,
minimalism and simplicity, and expects the user to be willing to make some
effort to understand the system's operation.[7] A package manager written
specifically for Arch Linux, pacman, is used to install, remove and update
software packages.

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Arch Linux uses a rolling release model, such that a regular system update is all
that is needed to obtain the latest Arch software; the installation images
released by the Arch team are simply up-to-date snapshots of the main system
components. Arch Linux has comprehensive documentation in the form of a
community wiki, called the Arch Wiki.
II. Process Management
This article provides information on prioritizing process threads in
real time, as opposed to at start up only. It shows how you can control
CPU, memory, and other resource utilization of individual processes, or all
processes run by a particular group.

While many recent processors are powerful enough to play a dozen video
or audio streams simultaneously, it is still possible that another thread
hijacks the processor for half a second to complete another task. This
results in short interrupts in audio or video streams. It is also possible that
video/audio streams get out of sync. While this is annoying for a casual
music listener; for a content producer, composer or video editor this issue
is much more serious as it interrupts their workflow.

The simple solution is to give the audio and video processes a higher
priority. However, while normal users can set a higher nice value to a
process, which means that its priority is lower, only root can set lower
values and start processes at a lower nice value than 0. This protects the

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normal user from under powering processes which are essential to the
system. This can be especially important on multi-user machines.
III. Memory Management
IV. I/O
V. File System Management
In computing, a file system (or file system) is used to control how data is
stored and retrieved. Without a file system, information placed in a storage
medium would be one large body of data with no way to tell where one piece of
information stops and the next begins. By separating the data into pieces and
giving each piece a name, the information is easily isolated and identified.
Taking its name from the way paper-based information system are named,
each group of data is called a file. The structure and logic rules used to
manage the groups of information and their names is called a file system.
VI. Security
It is possible to tighten the security so much as to make your system
unusable. The trick is to secure it without overdoing it.
There are many other things that can be done to heighten the security, but the
biggest threat is, and will always be, the user. When you think security, you
have to think layers. When one layer is breached, another should stop the

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attack. But you can never make the system 100% secure unless you unplug the
machine from all networks, lock it in a safe and never use it.
Be a little paranoid. It helps. And be suspicious. If anything sounds too good to
be true, it probably is! The principle of least privilege: each part of a system
should only be able to access what is required to use it, and nothing more.
The right choice for a password is something long (8-20 characters, depending
on importance) and seemingly completely random. A good technique for
building secure, seemingly random passwords is to base them on characters
from every word in a sentence. Take for instance the girl is walking down the
rainy street could be translated to t6!WdtR5 or, less simply, t&6!RrlW@dtR,57.
This approach could make it easier to remember a password, but note that the
various letters have very different probabilities of being found at the start of
words.
A better approach is to generate pseudo-random passwords with tools like
pwgen or apg: for memorizing them, one technique (for ones typed often) is to
generate a long password and memorize a minimally secure number of
characters, temporarily writing down the full generated string. Over time,
increase the number of characters typed - until the password is ingrained in
muscle memory and need not be remembered. This technique is more difficult,
but can provide confidence that a password will not turn up in wordlists or
"intelligent" brute force attacks that combine words and substitute characters.

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It is also very effective to combine these two techniques by saving long,
complex random passwords with a password manager, which will be in turn
accessed with a mnemonic password that will have to be used only for that
purpose, especially avoiding to ever transmit it over any kind of network. This
method of course limits the use of the stored passwords to the terminals where
the database is available for reading (which on the other hand could be seen as
an added security feature).

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Vision: A leading State University in Technological and Professional

EASTERN VISAYAS STATE UNIVERISTY Education

I. Course Code / Title : IT 443L Linux OS

Arch Linux: A Case Study

there are other Linux distributions.

differences from Ubuntu.

want to give Arch Linux a try.

IT 443L Linux Operating

to a keep it simple stupid policy. Simplicity, however, means something

The early years

Judd Vinet, a Canadian programmer and occasional guitarist, began developing

also wrote a package management program called pacman, to automatically

handle package installation, removal, and Arch Wiki.

32 and x86-64 architectures [4][b][c] It is composed predominantly of free and

open-source software,[5] and supports community involvement.[6]The design

stupid") as the general guideline, and focuses on elegance, code correctness,

effort to understand the system's operation.[7] A package manager written

IT 443L Linux Operating

components. Arch Linux has comprehensive documentation in the form of a

community wiki, called the Arch Wiki.

II. Process Management

This article provides information on prioritizing process threads in

CPU, memory, and other resource utilization of individual processes, or all

processes run by a particular group.

or audio streams simultaneously, it is still possible that another thread

results in short interrupts in audio or video streams. It is also possible that

is much more serious as it interrupts their workflow.

IT 443L Linux Operating

system. This can be especially important on multi-user machines.

III. Memory Management

V. File System Management

stored and retrieved. Without a file system, information placed in a storage

It is possible to tighten the security so much as to make your system

unusable. The trick is to secure it without overdoing it.

IT 443L Linux Operating

Be a little paranoid. It helps. And be suspicious. If anything sounds too good to

on importance) and seemingly completely random. A good technique for

building secure, seemingly random passwords is to base them on characters

rainy street could be translated to t6!WdtR5 or, less simply, t&6!RrlW@dtR,57.

A better approach is to generate pseudo-random passwords with tools like

generate a long password and memorize a minimally secure number of

increase the number of characters typed - until the password is ingrained in

IT 443L Linux Operating

It is also very effective to combine these two techniques by saving long,

complex random passwords with a password manager, which will be in turn

an added security feature).

IT 443L Linux Operating

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