Course Outline in PDF

Overview:

Students will learn all the key core elements of the Linux operating system -installation, package management, X Windows,application management, and more.

Who Should Attend:

This course is intended for individuals who are employed as a PC Technician, Systems Administrator, Systems Engineer and IT Manager

At Course Completion:

At end of the course participants will learn the key core elements of the Linux Operating system including:

•Linux Overview
•Installing a Linux System
•Linux Commands
•Help and vi Editor
•File Systems, Files and Directories
•Package Management
•Shared Libraries
•Text Processing
•Processes

Outline:  
 
Module 1: Introduction

•Course  Format
•Product Development
•Structure
•Conventions
•Introduction to Labs
•Introduction to Labs solutions
•Lab convention

Module 2: Linux Overview

•What is Linux?
•History of Linux
•The free software model
•Proprietary software under Linux
•The GNU General Public Licence
•Lesser General Public Licence
•Linux features
•Hardware
•Software
•Linux Advantages
•Virus are almost non-existent
•FHS and LSB
•System administration
•System documentation
•Providing User Support

Module 3: Installing a Linux System

•Installation Option
•Getting ready
•Types of servers and workstations
•Identify your hardware
•Determine networks settings
•Installation methods
•Installing from a CD-ROM
•Creating a boot floppy
•Installing from a network
•General installation steps
•Install or upgrade
•Other Partitioning Methods
•System Settings
•Linux Boot Loaders
•The 1024 Cylinder
•Boot loaders: LILO,GRUB, and LOADLIN

Module 4: Hardware

•Hardware
•System Boot Procedure
•POST
•BIOS
•CMOS
•Drives
•Floppy Drives
•SCSI
•AGP
•Linux Kernel

Module 5: Linux Usage

•Command Line Basics
•Command Line Syntax
•Common and commands
•Working in the Linux Shell
•Creating and Deleting directories

Module 6: Getting Help

•System Information
•Identifying the system
•Identifying and Communicating with Active Users
•The locate command
•The find command

Module 7:  VI

•Linux Text Editors
•Basic vi
•vi modes
•Advanced Functions
•Moving within a file
•Listing buffers
•Editing buffers

Module 8: File System

•File System structure
•File System Types
•Checking file systems
•Checking utilities
•User disk quota

Module 9: Files & Directories

•Standard directories
•The Linux File System
•Access control
•Overview
•Opening a file
•File and Directory permission
•File Manipulation permissions
•Setting user and group IDs
•Programs
•the sticky bit
•links

Module 10: The X Window System

•The X Window system
•X Client/Server model
•Starting your X Window system
•Adjusting the X window system
•X Resource files
•The xwininfo utility
•The xvidtune utility
•Remote X Clients
•X Stations and X Terminals

Module 11: Package Management

•Package managers
•Red Hat Package manager
•Rpm package names
•RPM commands
•The rpmrc file
•Debian package manager/non-debian packages
•Unpacking the Tarball

Module 12: Managing Shared Libraries

•Managing Shared Libraries
•System Library File Names and locations
•The libc and ld.so/ld-linux.so /Other files related to shared libraries
•Commands related to system libraries
•Errors related to missing or damaged shared libraries

Module 13 Text Processing

•Text processing
•the grep family
•regular expression
•filters
•addressing and editing
•redirecting input, output and errors
•input
•output
•error
•pipes

Module 14: Processes

•Processes
•The Linux Kernel
•Programs & Processes
•Processes and the Kernel
•running processes
•background jobs
•signals