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02. Free and Open Software for Personal Computing  IT1306 Level I - Semester 1 Managing Files and Folders in FOSS OS  References  For more information refer following links Oracle VM Virtual Box, User Manual  Installing Ubuntu as Primary Operating System  Installing Ubuntu as Primary Operating System Using Command Line in Ubuntu FOSS OS Installation FOSS OS Installation using Oracle VM Virtual Box  Virtual Box (using Oracle VM Virtual Box)  Oracle VM VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application. It can be installed in the existing computer so that another OS will run inside the virtual box.  What is a ‘Oracle VM VirtualBox’?  • A free and open-source hosted hypervisor for virtualization.  • Developed by Oracle Corporation.  • Oracle VM VirtualBox  • can be installed on Windows, macOS, Linux, Solaris and Open Solaris.  • can load multiple guest OSes under a single host operating-system (host OS). Each guest can be started, paused and stopped independently within its own vir

 01. Introduction to FOSS - Free and Open Source Software IT1306-Free and Open Source Software for Personal Computing  Level I - Semester 1 1.1. Introduction to Major Software Classification               1.1.1. System Software              1.1.2. Application Software  1.2. Introduction to Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) Introduction to Major Software Classification What is a Software? • A set of instructions or programs instructing a computer to do specific tasks.  • Software consists of the computer programs that govern the operations of the computer.  • Gives the computer the power to act as an intelligent machine.  • Without software, computers are dead hardware  • Software is normally classified into two components called                i. Application Software                ii. System Software Application Software   • Application Software is a set of programs designed to carry out operations for a specified purpose or task.                • Examples: Packaged application (e.