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Transitioning to Linux Syllabus, Spring 2002

6 February 2002 ~ Jumping in head first

Topics: History ~ installation ~ logging in & out ~ Reboot & shutdown

Readings

  • Crash Course 5-27, 32-33
    • 7-8 Partitioning
    • 9-10 Naming disks (/dev/hda1)
    • 20-23 Printers
    • 25-27 Logging in & out
    • 32-33 Shutting down
  • Complete Reference 2-26, 28-49
    • 3-23 Introduction
    • 23-26 Distributions
    • 29-33 Requirements
    • 37-49 Installation
  • Unleashed 21-78
    • 32-34 Partitioning
  • Web

13 February 2002

NO CLASS ~ St. Louis Unix Users Group

20 February 2002 ~ GUIs

Topics: Ximian install ~ X Windows ~ KDE & GNOME overview ~ updating Linux

Commands

  • halt, shutdown, logout, exit
  • startx
  • switchdesk

Programs

  • Desktop environments: KDE, GNOME, & switchdesk
  • Updating Linux: Red Hat Network, Red Carpet

Readings

  • Crash Course 213-222, 27-32, 35-41, 199-207
    • 213-222 X Windows
    • 27-32 GNOME & KDE intro
    • 35-41 GNOME & KDE background & themes; switchdesk
    • 199-207 Red Hat Network
  • Complete Reference 51-65, 207-209, 244-248, 888-893, 211-242, 83-87
    • 58-62 GNOME & KDE
    • 207-209 Ximian GNOME
    • 244-248 Window Managers
    • 888-893 X Windows
    • 211-242 KDE
    • 83-87 Red Hat Network
  • Additional Readings from Complete Reference 175-280, 893-924
    • 175-280 GNOME
    • 893-924 X Windows
  • Unleashed 97-136
    • 98-125 X Windows
    • 126-136 Window managers
    • 131-134 GNOME & KDE desktop environments
  • Web

27 February 2002 ~ Your data

Topics: Files & directories ~ Konqueror file manager ~ permissions ~ help

Commands

  • cd, ls, pwd
  • file
  • cp, mv, mkdir
  • rm, rmdir
  • ln
  • more, cat
  • find, locate, whereis
  • chmod, chown, chgrp
  • man, info

Programs

  • File managers: Konqueror, Nautilus

Readings

  • Crash Course 49-60, 303-311
    • 49-51 Filesystem
    • 51-53 Nautilus file manager
    • 53-57 cd, ls, cp, mv, rm, mkdir, more; permissions
    • 58 find
    • 303-304 GUI help
    • 63, 305-306 CLI help
    • 306-310 Online help
  • Complete Reference 289-328, 229-237, 63-65, 224-225
    • 290-293 Files
    • 293-297 File structure
    • 297-301 Managing files
    • 301-306 Managing directories
    • 306-319 File & directory operations
    • 320-328 Permissions
    • 229-237 Konqueror
    • 63-65 Help
    • 224-225 KDE Help
  • Unleashed 80-83, 85-87, 205-258
    • 80-83 Filesystem
    • 85-87 Fire & directory commands
    • 224-227 ext3
    • 234-235 Mounting
    • 236-238 /etc/fstab
  • Web

6 March 2002 ~ Commands galore

Topics: BASH shell ~ commands ~ basic sysadmin

Commands

  • grep, cat, more, head, tail
  • | (pipe), >, <
  • *, ?, []
  • history
  • alias, unalias
  • &, ps, kill
  • date, cal
  • wc, sort, split
  • mount, umount
  • df, du
  • export
  • cut, fmt, tr
  • gzip, gunzip

Programs

  • Add users (& much, much more): Linuxconf

Readings

  • Crash Course 61-70, 71-80, 93-100, 101-106
    • 64-65 Pipe & redirect
    • 65 Tab completion
    • 65-66 Wildcards
    • 67-68 Aliases
    • 68-69 Running commands in the background
    • 73-74 Processes
    • 74-75 Date & time
    • 76-77 Count, sort, & split
    • 77-78 Mounting & unmounting
    • 78-79 df & du
    • 93-95 Changing the prompt
    • 95-97 Formatting text files
    • 97-98 Changing text in files
    • 98-100 Compressing & uncompressing files
    • 101-103 Sysadmin & Network Admin overview
    • 103-105 Adding users with Linuxconf
  • Complete Reference 249-288, 329-354
    • 250-253 Command line
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  • Unleashed
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  • Web

13 March 2002

NO CLASS ~ Spring Break

20 March 2002 ~ Software installation

Topics: Installing software ~ building from source ~ recompiling the kernel

Commands

  • rpm, apt-get
  • ftp
  • tar
  • configure, make, make install
  • make xconfig, make menuconfig, make config
  • make dep, make clean, make bzImage
  • make modules, make modules_install

Programs

  • RPM: Gnome RPM, Package Manager, Red Carpet
  • Web browser: Mozilla
  • Multimedia: XMMS
  • Kernel configuration: xconfig

Readings

27 March 2002 ~ Day to day work

Topics: Text editors ~ office software ~ printing ~ Web browsers ~ Email

Commands

  • pico, vi
  • aspell

Programs

  • Text editors: pico, vi, emacs, Kate, gEdit, KWrite
  • Calendar: ical, calendar, KOrganizer
  • Word processing: AbiWord
  • Spreadsheet: Gnumeric
  • Office Suite: OpenOffice, StarOffice, KOffice
  • Web browsers: Mozilla, Netscape, Konqueror, Galeon, Opera
  • Email: Evolution, Mozilla Mail, KMail, Sylpheed, balsa, pine
  • Calculator: Calculator

Readings

3 April 2002 ~ Networks
Topics: Networking ~ Internetworking ~ NFS ~ SAMBA
Commands:
Readings

10 April 2002 ~ Working with Windows
Topics: Windows partitions & floppies ~ Win4Lin ~ Wine
Commands:
Readings

17 April 2002 ~ Multimedia / Sysadmin

Topics: Screen savers ~ games ~ multimedia ~ scheduling jobs ~ backup & restore

Commands:

  • xscreensaver

Readings

24 April 2002 ~ Internet Servers
Topics: Email ~ Apache Web server ~ FTP ~ boot process
Commands:
Readings

  • Crash Course 139-147, 223-232
  • Complete Reference
  • Unleashed
  • Web

1 May 2002 ~ Security / Goodbyes
Topics: Monitoring your system ~ securing security
Commands: top
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