Multi-user operating system

Multiuser: from multi: several; and users, "suitable for use by many users"

In general, multi-user is called the characteristic of an operating system or program that allows it
to provide service and processing to multiple users simultaneously (both in real and simulated
parallelism).

In contrast to single-user systems, which provide service and processing to a single user, the
multi-user category includes all systems that simultaneously meet the needs of two or more
users, who share the same resources. Currently, these types of systems are used especially in
networks, but the first examples of multi-user systems were centralized systems that were
shared through the use of multiple human interface devices (eg a central unit and multiple
screens and keyboards).

The resources that are shared are • Multiple accounts can be created
usually a combination of: on a single computer.

• Processor. • that has good security

• Memory. Disadvantages of a Multi-User

System:
• Secondary storage.
• If you are not an Administrator you
• Programs. have to have their permission to install
• Peripherals such as printers, programs
plotters, scanners, etc. • If you want to uninstall something,
Advantages of a Multi-User System: it will ask you for permission from the
Administrator.
• They save on programs.
• You share your files and have no
• They save on equipment. privacy.

Types of multiuser operating systems

Windows 3.1

It is a set of programs that works with the help of the DOS operating system. It presents a
graphical interface that allows you to use menus, dialog boxes and icons, among others.

Version of Microsoft 's Microsoft Windows operating system released in 1992. It belongs to what
is called Windows 3.x.

In response to the imminent release of OS/2 v2.0, Microsoft developed Windows 3.1 in 1992,
which included multiple improvements to Windows 3.0 , as well as bug fixes, multimedia
support, and no longer supporting Real mode. It only ran on an 80286 or higher processor.

CHARACTERISTICS

There is no support for Real (8086) mode.

-TrueType fonts.

-Multimedia.

-OLE - Object Linking and Embedding.

-Ability for an application to restart the machine.

-Multimedia and network API support.

Windows NT

Line of Windows -type operating systems developed by Microsoft originally dedicated to

workstations and network servers and then aimed at home and professionals from its Windows
XP version onwards.

The characteristics common to all its versions are:

* NTFS file system .
* Multitasking , multiuser and multiprocessor .
* 32-bit architecture and currently 64-bit.
* Compatibility with other network systems
Windows NT family versions
Version Name Launch
NT 3.1 Windows NT 3.1 Jul 1993
NT 3.5 Windows NT 3.5 Sep 1994
NT 3.51 Windows NT 3.51 May 1995
NT 4.0 Windows NT 4.0 Jul 1996
NT 5.0 Windows 2000 Feb 2000
NT 5.1 Windows Xp Oct 2001
NT 5.2 Windows Server Apr 2003
2003
NT 6.0 Windows Vista Jan 2007

Because Windows NT manages users, the network administrator (who has all special privileges
on the system) can control the privileges that each user connected to the system receives.
What's more, using the NTFS file system, which includes the ability to assign ownership of a
file, each user or group of users can obtain specific access privileges for different file systems.

macOS

Its name was not Mac OS originally but it evolved from Mac System Software to
System Software , System and finally Mac OS starting with version 7.6.

The Mac OS Operating System was not the first graphical interface, but it
was the first with great success due to its price accessibility. For those years
in the market what existed was The Xerox Alto with a cost of 32,000
dollars, the Xerox Star cost 16,600 dollars and the Apple Lisa with a price
of 10,000 dollars.

The original Mac OS interface was black and white. Its resolution was 512x342
pixels (an application icon on the new iPad has a higher resolution today), but it
was more than enough to run only one application at a time and graphically display
all the elements and files. of the system and the user. What veterans remember
most, as always, are the details taken to the maximum so that Mac OS was as
intuitive as possible.

Mac OS versions:

1984: SYSTEM 1
1985: SYSTEM 2
1986: SYSTEM 3
1987: SYSTEM 4
1988: SYSTEM 6
1990: SYSTEM 7
1997: MAC OS 8
1999: MAC OS 9
MACOS
2001: MAC OS X 10.0 “CHEETAH”
2001: MAC OS X 10.1 “PUMA”
2002: MAC OS X 10.2 “JAGUAR”
2003: MAC OS X 10.3 “PANTHER”
2005: MAC OS X 10.4 “TIGER”
2006: MAC OS X 10.5 “LEOPARD”
2009: MAC OS X 10.6 “SNOW
LEOPARD”

Unix
Unix is one of the most used operating systems with the most future because there are
many official and private organizations that defend its use, as well as many computer
manufacturing and marketing firms that incorporate it in their products . We can cite the
example of the European Economic Community , which imposes the UNIX operating
system on all applications developed under its auspices.
Unix is a time -sharing operating system, it controls a computer 's resources and allocates
them among users. It allows users to run their programs . Controls peripheral devices
connected to the machine. It is also a multi-user system, in which there is portability for the
implementation of different computers.
It is made up of a series of elements that can be represented in the form of concentric layers
where, first of all, around the hardware , isolating it from the users, in addition to adapting
the rest of the operating system to the machine due to the portability that exists in it. the
same.
General characteristics:
 It is a time-sharing operating system, it controls the resources of a computer and allocates
them among users. It allows users to run their programs. Controls peripheral devices
connected to the machine.
It has the following characteristics:
- It is a multi-user operating system, with the ability to simulate multiprocessing and non-
interactive processing.
- It is written in a high-level language : C.
- It has a programmable control language called SHELL.
- It offers facilities for the creation of programs and systems and the appropriate
environment for software design tasks.
- Employs dynamic memory management by swapping or paging .
- It has the capacity to interconnect processes .
- Allows communication between processes.
- Employs a hierarchical file system, with file, account and process protection facilities.
- Has facility for redirecting Inputs/Outputs.
- Ensures a high degree of portability.
LINUX

Linux is, at first glance, an Operating System . It is a freely distributed UNIX

implementation for personal computers (PCs), servers , and workstations . It was developed
for the i386 and now supports i486, Pentium , Pentium Pro and Pentium II processors , as
well as AMD and Cyrix clones. Also supports SPARC, DEC Alpha, PowerPC/PowerMac, and
Mac/Amiga Motorola 680x0 based machines .
As an operating system, Linux is very efficient and has an excellent design . It is
multitasking, multi-user, cross-platform and multi-processor; on Intel platforms it runs in
protected mode; protects memory so that a program cannot crash the rest of the system;
loads only the parts of a program that are used; shares memory between programs
increasing speed and decreasing memory usage; uses a page-based virtual memory system;
uses all free memory for cache; allows using both statically and dynamically linked
libraries ; is distributed with source code ; use up to 64 virtual consoles; It has an advanced
file system but you can use those of the other systems ; and supports networks in both
TCP/IP and other protocols .