Question: What Is Linux Multi User Multitasking?
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As we mentioned earlier in section 1.1, the design of Debian GNU/Linux comes from the Unix operating system. To permit many users to work at once, Debian must allow many programs and applications to run simultaneously. … This feature is called multitasking.

What is multi-user multitasking?

Multiuser/Multitasking operating system is a powerful operating system that supports more than one user at a time, performing more than one task at a time, UNIX is an example of a multiuser/ multitasking operating system. From the book Introduction to Computer by Peter Norton.

What is Linux Multi-User?

An operating system is considered “multi-user” is if allows multiple people to use a computer and not affect each other’s ‘stuff’ (files, preferences, etc.). In Linux, multiple people can even use the computer simultaneously.

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