Transitioning from Windows to Linux Syllabus, Spring 2003
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27 January 2003 ~ Jumping in head first
Topics: History ~ installation ~ logging in & out ~ Reboot & shutdown
Readings
- Linux distributions
- LinuxISO ~ http://www.linuxiso.org/
- Comparison of Linux Distributions ~ http://www.distrowatch.com/
- CD-based Linux Distributions ~ http://www.distrowatch.com/cd.php ~ Linux distros that fit on one CD & allow you to boot off them without affecting your computer.
- Knoppix gives bootable, one-disk Linux ~ http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-knopp.html?ca=dgr-lnxw02Knoppix
- Looking at Libranet GNU/Linux 2.8 ~ http://www.linuxiran.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=232
- Installation
- Red Hat 8.0 Installation for Flo Valley Community College ~ /teaching/fvwindow/rh80inst/index
- The Official Red Hat Linux x86 Installation Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/install-guide/
- Boot Loaders, from The Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/ref-guide/ch-grub.html
- Installing Linux over NFS: The How's and Why's ~ http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/nfs_install.htm
- Partitioning
- Linux Partition HOWTO ~ http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Partition/ ~ The complete explanation about all facets of partitioning disks in Linux.
- Disk Partitioning Setup, from The Official Red Hat Linux x86 Installation Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/install-guide/s1-diskpartsetup.html
- An Introduction to Disk Partitions, from The Official Red Hat Linux x86 Installation Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/install-guide/ch-partitions.html
- Proper Filesystem Layout ~ http://linux.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/1221 ~ "… some basic guidelines for how to partition your all-important data"
- Root
- Root 101: If you don't 'get it,' you probably haven't got it ~ http://www.iodynamics.com/education/root101.html ~ "This article is intended to help explain what root access is, whether you need it, what you can do with it, and how you can get it."
3 February 2003 ~ Installation & GUIs
Topics: Installation ~ X Windows ~ KDE & GNOME overview ~ updating Linux
Commands
- halt, shutdown, logout, exit
- startx
- switchdesk
Programs
- Desktop environments: KDE, GNOME, & switchdesk
- Updating Linux: apt-get
Readings
- Updating Linux
- Paranoid Penguin: Staying Current without Going Insane ~ http://linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6010 ~ "How tools like SuSE's YaST2, Red Hat's up2date and Debian's apt-get can help you maintain some measure of patch sanity."
- Ximian Red Carpet ~ http://www.ximian.com/products/ximian_red_carpet/
- Red Hat Network ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/RHNetwork/ref-guide/
- Using apt with rpm and Red Hat Linux ~ http://freshrpms.net/apt/ ~ A brief overview of apt for Red Hat.
- X Windows
- The X Window System, from The Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/ref-guide/ch-x.html
- The XFree86 Project, Inc. ~ http://www.xfree86.org/
- KDE
- KDE ~ http://www.kde.org
- The KDE Desktop Environment, from The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/getting-started-guide/ch-kde.html
- What is KDE? ~ http://www.kde.org/whatiskde/index.html
- KDE Frequently Asked Questions ~ http://www.kde.org/documentation/faq/index.html
- GNOME
- GNOME ~ http://www.gnome.org
- Ximian ~ http://www.ximian.com
- Unofficial Unsupported Ximianized ISO Images ~ http://uuxii.cofradia.org/
- Fonts
- webFonts4Linux: High-quality TrueType fonts for the web ~ http://gongolo.usr.dsi.unimi.it/~vigna/webFonts4Linux/
- Printing
- Printer Configuration, from The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/getting-started-guide/ch-printconf.html
- Printer Configuration, from The Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/ch-printing.html
- Printers and Printing, from The Official Red Hat Linux System Administration Primer ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/admin-primer/ch-printers.html
- Overview of Linux Printing Systems ~ http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6729 ~ "A tour of printing options under Linux."
- Turboprint ~ http://www.linuxlookup.com/html/reviews/software/turboprint1.4-1.html
10 February 2003 ~ 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
- File system structure
- File System Structure, from The Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/ref-guide/ch-filesystem.html
- The proc File System, from The Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/ref-guide/ch-proc.html
- Managing Files and Directories, from The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/getting-started-guide/ch-managers.html
- Journaling file system
- Journaling File Systems: Advanced Linux file systems are bigger, faster, and more reliable ~ http://www.linux-mag.com/2002-10/jfs_01.html
- Files & directories using the command line
- Shell Prompt Basics, from The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/getting-started-guide/ch-basics.html
- Permissions
- UNIX Tutorial: Lesson 6: File Permissions ~ http://www.ctssn.com/linux/lesson6.html
17 February 2003 ~ No class.
24 February 2003 ~ Administration using GUI tools
Topics: Linuxconf & Webmin
Commands:
Programs
- Linuxconf ~ http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/
- Webmin ~ http://www.webmin.com
Readings
- System administration overviews
- Linux System Administration Tools ~ http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5918
- Networking
- Network Configuration, from The Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/ch-network-config.html
- Users and Groups
- User and Group Configuration, from The Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/ch-redhat-config-users.html
- Users and Groups, from The Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/ref-guide/ch-users-groups.html
- Managing Accounts and Groups, from The Official Red Hat Linux System Administration Primer ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/admin-primer/ch-acctsgrps.html
- System Administration
- Controlling Access to Services, from The Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/ch-services.html
- Time and Date Configuration, from The Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/ch-dateconfig.html
- Gathering System Information, from The Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/ch-sysinfo.html
- Log Files, from The Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/ch-logfiles.html
- Using the /proc virtual filesystem
- Administer Linux on the fly: Use the /proc filesystem to get a handle on your system ~ http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-adfly.html?ca=dgr-lnxw02LinuxOnTheFly
3 March 2003 ~ 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
- Kernel configuration: xconfig
Readings
- RPM
- Package Management, from The Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/part-pkg-management.html
- Linux with RPM ~ http://tech.irt.org/articles/js145/index.htm
- apt
- Using apt with rpm and Red Hat Linux ~ http://freshrpms.net/apt/ ~ A brief overview of apt for Red Hat.
- apt+rpm HOWTO ~ http://bazar.conectiva.com.br/~godoy/apt-howto/
10 March 2003 ~ No class.
17 March 2003 ~ Commands galore
Topics: BASH shell ~ commands ~ basic sysadmin
Commands
- grep, cat, more, head, tail
- | (pipe), >, <
- *, ?, []
- alias, unalias
- &, ps, kill
- mount, umount
- df, du
- gzip, gunzip
Programs
- Add users (& much, much more): Linuxconf
Readings
- Collections
- Alphabetical Directory of Linux Commands ~ http://www.onlamp.com/linux/cmd/
- 'Dogs' of the Linux Shell ~ http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6158 ~ head, tail, tac, nl, fmt, fold, tr, pr, basename, dirname
- Various commands
- UNIX Tutorial: Lesson 8: Archiving Utilities ~ http://www.ctssn.com/linux/lesson8.html
- Concatenating files with cat ~ http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-tiptex2.html
- Using the ps command ~ http://www.linux.ie/newusers/beginners-linux-guide/ps.php
- A Very Valuable Find ~ http://www.linux-mag.com/2002-09/power_01.html
24 March 2003 ~ 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
- Personal Finance: GnuCash
Readings
- Web browsers
- Web Browsing, from The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/getting-started-guide/ch-browsers.html
- Mozilla ~ http://www.mozilla.org
- Konqueror ~ http://www.konqueror.org
- Galeon ~ http://galeon.sourceforge.net
- 2002 Linux Web Browser Review ~ http://www.robval.com/linux/2002/browsers.html
- Install Java ~ http://linux.bryanconsulting.com/stories/storyReader$11
- Email
- Email Applications, from The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/getting-started-guide/ch-emailclients.html
- Ximian Evolution ~ http://www.ximian.com/products/ximian_evolution/
- A User's Guide to Ximian Evolution ~ http://primates.helixcode.com/~aaron/evolution-guide/index.html
- Office suites
- The OpenOffice.org Suite, from The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/getting-started-guide/ch-docs.html#S1-DOCS-OO
- Text editors
- Intro to vi and emacs ~ http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~wjk/UnixIntro/Lecture6.html
- Emacs Beginner's HOWTO ~ http://family.zawodny.com/jzawodn/emacs/emacs.html
- GNU Emacs Reference Card ~ http://www.geek-girl.com/emacs/refcard.html
- PDFs
- Viewing PDFs, from The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/getting-started-guide/s1-docs-pdf.html
- Multimedia
- Audio, Video, and General Amusement, from The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/getting-started-guide/ch-fun.html
- Working with Images, from The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/getting-started-guide/ch-images.html
- Linux Multimedia ~ http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5456 ~ "Sander gives tips on how to play CDs, MP3s, MPEGs and DVDs on Linux". Be sure to read the comments at the bottom of the page.
- Burning CDs on Linux ~ http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-cdburn.html?ca=dgr-lnxw02BurnCDs ~ "mkisofs and cdrecord at the command line make it all possible".
- Everything else
- Balancing your books? GnuCash is the answer ~ http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0916.gnucash.html ~ " The only thing Joe Barr regrets about this personal-accounting software is that he didn't praise it sooner."
31 March 2003 ~ Networking via NFS
Topics: Networking ~ Internetworking ~ NFS
Commands:
Readings
- Network File System (NFS), from The Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/ch-nfs.html
- Network File System (NFS), from The Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/ref-guide/ch-nfs.html
- What is NFS and how do I set it up? ~ A one-page quickie guide ~ http://www.linux-mag.com/2001-10/tech_support_01.html
- Linux NFS-HOWTO ~ http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO/index.html
7 April 2003 ~ Samba
Topics:
Commands:
Programs:
- LinNeighborhood
- KSambaPlugin
Readings
- SAMBA ~ http://www.samba.org
- Setting up & configuring Samba
- Samba, from The Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/ch-samba.html
- Diagnosing SAMBA ~ http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/DIAGNOSIS.html
- Using Samba~ The entire O'Reilly book, online ~ http://samba.he.net/using_samba/
- World's Shortest SAMBA How-To ~ smbclient how-to ~ http://www.rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=2693
- Large Scale Samba Installations ~ http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6604 ~ "How to install and set up various scenarios for Samba and Windows2000/XP Professional"
- Tools
- LinNeighborhood ~ http://www.bnro.de/~schmidjo/
- LinNeighborhood Red Hat 8.0 RPM ~ http://java.thn.htu.se/~toor/rpms/LinNeighborhood-0.6.5-1.i686.rpm
- KSambaPlugin ~ http://ksambakdeplugin.sourceforge.net/
- KSambaPlugin Red Hat 8.0 RPM
- Samba as a Windows PDC
- Configuring Samba as a Windows NT Primary Domain Controller ~ http://pro.linuxorbit.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=3
- Samba and Windows Active Directory
- Samba 3: Linux File Serving for the Active Directory Generation ~ http://www.enterpriseitplanet.com/networking/features/article.phpr/2246911 ~ "Samba shows that if the day ever comes that NT domains are antique, Samba will be ready to contribute, fast, inexpensive AD compatible servers."
14 April 2003 ~ No class.
21 April 2003 ~ Working with Windows
Topics: Windows partitions & floppies ~ Win4Lin ~ Wine
Commands:
Readings
- WINE
- WINE ~ http://www.winehq.com
- Codeweavers Wine ~ http://www.codeweavers.com/technology/wine/
- Codeweavers CrossOver Plugin ~ http://www.codeweavers.com/products/crossover/
- Codeweavers CrossOver Office ~ http://www.codeweavers.com/products/office/
- Running MS Office under Linux with CodeWeaver's CrossOver Office ~ http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6153
- Win4Lin
- Win4Lin ~ http://www.win4lin.com
- Win4Lin Networking Support ~ http://www.netraverse.com/support/docs/win4lin-30-relnote.html#2.6
- Can't give up your Windows applications? Win4Lin 4.0 is for you ~ http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/06/07/1954228
- Win4Lin 5: A Real Win for Linux Users ~ http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=243
28 April 2003 ~ No class.
5 May 2003 ~ Security / Goodbyes
Topics: Monitoring your system ~ securing security
Commands: top
Readings
- The Official Red Hat Linux Security Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/security-guide/
- Secure distributions
- Security-Enhanced Linux ~ http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/index.html
- Security resources
- Security Focus ~ http://www.securityfocus.com
- Qaddisin ~ http://www.qaddisin.com
- Qaddisin Security Blog ~ http://blog.qaddisin.com/ ~ News & commentary about the world of security
- System hardening
- UNIX System Hardening Checklist ~ http://www.linuxmagazine.com/2002-09/harden_list.htm
- Go Directly to Jail: Secure Untrusted Applications with Chroot ~ http://www.linux-mag.com/2002-12/chroot_01.html
- Firewalls
- Basic Firewall Configuration, from The Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/ch-basic-firewall.html
- Linux Productivity Magazine: IPTables ~ http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/200305/200305.htm ~ An excellent, lengthy introduction to IPTables.
- User tools
- OpenSSH, from The Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/ch-openssh.html
- SSH Protocol, from The Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/ref-guide/ch-ssh.html
- Getting Started with Gnu Privacy Guard, from The Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide ~ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/ch-gnupg.html
- Intrusion Detection
- Assessment tools
- Audit Your LAN Before the Bad Guys Do with nmap ~ http://networking.earthweb.com/netsecur/article/0,,12084_1429131,00.html ~ A very brief intro to one of the most useful security tools available: nmap.
- Scanning and Defending Networks with Nmap ~ http://www.linuxsecurity.com/feature_stories/feature_story-4.html ~ A more detailed look at nmap.
- Introduction to Nessus, a Vulnerability Scanner ~ http://www.linuxsecurity.com/feature_stories/nessusintro-printer.html ~ An excellent step-by-step overview of Nessus: how to install it & how to use it.
- Police your network traffic with IPTraf ~ http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2109393,00.html ~ An intro to an open source, free, "simple, reliable network monitoring tool"
- Bridge the Gap Between Physical and Virtual Networking with netstat ~ http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6613 ~ "Use netstat and a variety of options to see what services are available on what hosts, where the vulnerabilities are and more."
- Making a Connection with tcpdump ~ http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6446 ~ "How to use tcpdump and what to do with the data you collect."
- Open source security
- Viruses: a concern for all of us ~ http://tldp.org/linuxfocus/English/September2002/article255.shtml ~ An excellent overview of viruses, trojans, and the like, along with reasons that open source software is safer.
