Week 12: Cross-Platform Operating Systems and Applications

210 instructional minutes | five 42-minute lessons

This week completes the Operating Systems domain by comparing workstation/mobile OS families and filesystems, using macOS/Linux tools, evaluating application installation requirements, and configuring cloud productivity concepts.

Lesson sequence

1. Operating System Families, Filesystems, and Lifecycle
2. macOS Features and Tools
3. Linux Client Tools and System Components
4. Application Installation and Cloud Productivity Lab
5. Cross-Platform Technician Practical

Evidence you will produce

• OS/filesystem/lifecycle comparison;
• macOS tool-selection record;
• Linux command/configuration record;
• application/cloud-productivity deployment plan;
• cross-platform technician practical.

A+ alignment

Primary coverage: Core 2 objectives 1.1, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, and 1.11.

Safety boundary

Use supplied output or disposable environments. Do not run destructive filesystem/package/permission operations on managed systems.