DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.Sc. (Software Engineering) Years Integrated) DEGREE
EXAMINATION, MAY 2016.
OPEN SOURCE ARCHITECTURE
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — × 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. Discuss on history and advantages of open source
software.
2. Explain the steps for the OS boot process.
3. Explain how to setup firewall using the GNU compiler.
4. Explain how to use autoconf and autogen files for
different environment.
5. Explain the linking against object archivers and dynamic
shared object libraries
6. Explain GTK programming with example program to
print "hello world".
7. Explain about system configuration files and file logs in
FOSS.
8. Explain in detail how to setup proxy server.
Sub. Code
55
DE-3928
2
WK 6
SECTION B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. Explain how to partition the disk and file systems and
installation of LINUX.
10. Explain how to perform every day task using
GNU/LINUX.
11. Explain in detail about C compiler and compiler.
12. Explain about static and dynamic linked libraries.
13. Discuss about basics of TCP/IP networking and routing.
14. Explain how to setup printer services and file services.
15. Discuss the basics of X windows server architecture.