Lab is worth 25 points total

  1. 5 points: Install mozilla-thunderbird, and demonstrate it starting for the instructor
  2. 5 points: Install an additional 5 software packages of your choice. Write their names here, and a brief description of what they are for.
  3. 5 points: Create a desktop launcher for mozilla-thunderbird
  4. Tag the mozilla-thunderbird launcher (which you just created) with the 'binary' emblem
  5. Create a directory named 'sandbox' in your home directory. This will be used to save files you've downloaded, etc.
  6. name three hidden directories in your home directory:
  7. name three directories which exist at the root of the filesystem
  8. Who is the file owner of the initrd-2.6.15-23-386 file found in the /boot directory?
  9. What is the size, in bytes of the vmlinuz-2.6.15-23-386 file found in the /boot directory?
  10. (2 points) What is the difference between the / (or 'root') directory and the /root directory?

  11. (2 points) configure your system to print to the hp laserjet 4050 at the IP address on the board. Get instructor sign off.