1 Become a volunteer fireman. 2  You will still have to meet the basic requirements of being a fireman, but won't be compensated for your efforts. 3  If you're already doing this, it will make it easier for you to get hired as a fireman, but if this is your career goal, you should want to be a salaried employee.
Computers using a Windows operating system have a Windows flag/Start icon in the lower left corner of the screen. Computers using a Macintosh operating system have an Apple icon in the upper left corner of the computer screen.
Community Q&A. An operating system (OS) is software that manages the interaction between hardware resources and the programs or applications you use on a computer. Most PCs have a version of the Windows operating system on them but Macintosh, Linux and UNIX are other popular operating systems. Besides learning the name of your operating system, such as whether you have Windows 7, you can find other useful information about your system.