The subject introduces students to the functions, internal operation, and types of operating systems, and in addition, to the programming model of concurrent, distributed systems. It also demonstrates these concepts using examples, including the task of operating system selection. The lectures and the laboratories, which are inherent part of the subject, concentrates on the relationship of the hardware and the operating system, making possible for student to use operating systems in practical applications.

1st week: Introduction, the short history of operating systems. Generic introduction to operating systems, types of operating systems, requirements and properties, operating system architectures. Monolithic, modular and microkernel architecture. Relationship of hardware, user, and operating system. Concept of virtual machines.

1. Linux laboratory
2. Windows laboratory
3. Virtualization technologies