Explorational exercises 1.1

1. Considering cost and performance, which distributions are mostly suitable for a business that aims to reduce licensing costs, while keeping performance at its highest? Explain why.

• Debian, because it comes by default without proprietary software and can be one of the fastest even on low specs hardware.
  ! The most suitable OS for this case is CentOS.

2. What are the major advantages of the Raspberry Pi and which functions can they take in business?

• Raspberry Pi is one of the cheapest, low power consumption options out there. They can be used in situations where there isn't a high demand for computing power in an embedded system.
  ! It's small
  ! Can be used as a firewall, server, main board for robots, etc.

3. What range of distributions does Amazon Cloud Services and Google Cloud offer? Name at least three common ones and two different ones.