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cises t Answer Questions 1. What is Open source Operating System? Write the advantages and disadvantages of Open source Operating System.​

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Question 1. Open source operating system is an operating system that allow the public to view and edit the source codes on which the operating system is developed, and any user can have access to and edit the source code

Advantages of Open Source Operating System

a) Open-source operating system are usually free, or very low price

b) The open source operating system are constantly being evaluated globally by skilled users and developers that can get bugs fixed once they are detected

c) Open-source operating system can be customized

Disadvantages of Open Source Operating System

a) The free access to the source code increases the vulnerability of open-source operating system to attacks

b) Users are expected to have a certain level of technical proficiency to be able to use an open-source operating system

c) The open-source operating system comes without a customer support service

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