Generic Linux Courses(Linux Fundamentals)

Course Description

This course is designed to teach basic Linux user skills. It covers both command line and GUI interfaces as well as installing and setting up a Linux workstation.

Topics covered on the Linux Fundamentals course

Introduction to Unix

1. What is Linux?
2. Then What is Unix?
3. A Graphical View of Unix History
4. Brief Linux History
5. Linux System Construction
6. Comparing Linux to Unix
7. Comparing Linux to Windows/DOS
8. Various Linux Distributions
9. Common Linux Resources

Installing Linux

1. Hardware Requirements
2. What You Need Before Installing
3. The Install Process

Getting Started

1. Logging In
2. Basic Linux Commands
3. Using Online Help
4. Restarting and Shutting Down Linux

The X Window System

1. Overview of the X Window System
2. Configuring X to Start Manually
3. Starting X Manually
4. Starting X Automatically
5. Working with Windows and Menus

Customizing the X Interface

1. Adding/Removing Shortcuts
2. Modifying the Gnome Panel

The Shell Environment

1. Kernel/Shell Relationship
2. Types of Shells
3. Getting to a Command Prompt
4. Executing a Shell
5. Changing the Default Shell
6. Variables
7. The Shell as a Programming Environment

The Bash Shell

1. The Home Directory
2. Startup Files
3. Variables Revisited
4. Accessing Previous Commands-History
5. Command Completion
6. Colors in a Command Line

Linux Commands

1. Shell Command Syntax
2. The MESG Command
3. Writing Active Users
4. Printing Files
5. Defining and Creating Aliases

The Linux FileSystem

1. The Linux FileSystem Standard (FSSTND)
2. FileSystem Structure
3. Linux Directory Structure
4. Navigating from the Command Line
5. Viewing Files/Directories in X
6. Viewing Files/Directories from the Command Line
7. Using Wildcard Characters

Redirection and Pipes

1. Standard Input and Output
2. Standard Output Redirection
3. Standard Input Redirection
4. Simultaneous Redirection
5. Pipes

Organizing Files

1. The Touch Command
2. Creating Directories
3. Deleting Files and Directories
4. Copying and Moving Files and Directories
5. Moving and Renaming
6. Creating Links to a File
7. Organizing Files and Directories in X

File/Directory Permissions

1. What are Permissions?
2. The CHMOD Command
3. The UMASK Command
4. The CHOWN Command
5. Changing Permissions in X

Working with Applications and Packages

1. Installing: The Traditional Unix Method
2. Installing: The Linux Package Method (RPM)

Working with Text Documents and Editors

1. Viewing and Editing Text Files in X
2. Viewing Text Files from the Command Line
3. Editing Text Files from the Command Line
4. Using the Pico Editor
5. The VIM Editor
6. Deleting and Changing Text

Using Floppies and CDs

1. Mounting/Unmouting Filesystems
2. Mtools
3. Automounting in X

Power User Utilities

1. Regular Expressions
2. Wildcards
3. Locating Files from the Command Line
4. Locating Files from Within X
5. The GREP Command
6. Determining Disk Usage
7. The WC Command
8. The SORT Command
9. The UNIQ Command

Network Utilities

1. The Control Panel - Network Configuration
2. Networking Commands from the Shell
3. The /ETC/Hosts File

Process Management

1. Listing Processes from Within Gnome
2. Listing Processes from the Command Line
3. Killing Processes from Within Gnome
4. Killing Processes from the Command Line
5. Background Mode Operation (&)