Operating system: The driver of your computer

[miphilomath]

Abstract The talk unveils the mystery of computers and how operating system gives the life to an otherwise lifeless hardware communicating only with 0s and 1s. The talk will cover the following topics. * What's an operating system * Why do our computer need an operating system and if we can work without one? * The process of booting up a computer and importance of each step * Live demonstration of the topics presented by booting the operating system

Expected Duration 30-45 minutes

Track - Beginner

Pre-requisite Curiosity about technology

Resources * https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Unix-and-Internet-Fundamentals-HOWTO/index.html

Slides To be updated later

Preferred Time and mode Availability: Weekends Mode: Offline

Previous Experience * https://github.com/ILUGD/talks/issues/69 * https://github.com/ILUGD/talks/issues/123 * https://github.com/ILUGD/talks/issues/128

Contact info Telegram: @miphilomath Twitter: @miphilomath

Checklist The talk/workshop speaker agrees to,

• [x] Share the slides, code snippets and other material used during the talk
• [x] If the talk is recorded, you grant the permission to release the video on ILUGD's YouTube channel under CC-BY-4.0 license
• [x] Not do any hiring pitches during the talk and follow the Code of Conduct

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[pulsar17]

@miphilomath will you be available on 4th March to give this talk?

[pulsar17]

Hi @miphilomath we're having a combined meetup with PyDelhi and Rust Delhi on 22nd June - https://www.meetup.com/pydelhi/events/301520830/, would be interested in giving this talk?