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Q 1) Describe some reasons why Linux is installed on only a very small fraction of desktop computers. Are there particular categories of products or users who might see Linux as more appealing than conventional operating systems? Do you think Linux's share of the desktop market will increase? Why or why not? 2) What are some of the benefits of cloud computing? What are some of the drawbacks? Find an article about cloud computing online. Summarize and critique the article in your own words. Be sure to include the url of the article. 3) Describe the hardware and software requirements of your chosen information system. Be sure to consider both the server-side and client-side hardware and software. If you do not have access to specific details about the server-side hardware and software, make reasonable assumptions based on the kind of hardware and software that you believe would be necessary to run your system.

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The Linux is an operating system that follows the command Line interface approach. The command line interface is less interactive to the users than the graphical user interface. This is one of the main reasons fewer people use Linux as their operating system. Another reason is that more Windows OS friendly software has been developed and that makes the Windows more lucrative to the users (Littlejohn, 2009). One advantage of Windows OS is that Microsoft itself develops Windows friendly software packages, like the MS-Office, to perform multiple activities. Linux is more popular to the programmers and developers as this OS supports some of the most dominating programming languages like Python, C++, and Java.