FUNDAMENTALS OF LINUX (LFS300)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Linux powers nearly all of the world’s supercomputers, most of the servers powering the Internet, the majority of financial trades worldwide and billions of Android devices. In short, Linux is everywhere. This instructor-led course will give you a good working knowledge of Linux, from both a graphical and command line perspective, allowing you to easily navigate through any of the major Linux distributions.

TARGET AUDIENCE

This class is designed for people who have little or no prior experience with Linux or Unix. System administrators, developers, architects, decision makers or new Linux users can all benefit from the content covered in this class, especially if they are looking to work with more involved topics such as Linux system administration, network management and enterprise system architecture.

COURSE OUTLINE

• Introduction Linux Foundation
  
  • Linux Foundation Training
  • Linux Foundation Certifications
  • Linux Foundation Digital Badges
  • Laboratory Exercises, Solutions and Resources
  • Distribution Details
  • Labs
• Preliminaries
  
  • The Command Line
  • Linux Distributions and Desktops
  • Keeping Current
  • Filesystem Layout
  • Editors
  • Sudo
  • Labs

• Linux Philosophy and Concepts

  • Linux History

  • Linux Philosophy

  • Linux Community

  • Linux Vocabulary

  • Linux Distributions

  • Labs

• Linux Installation
  
  • Planning the Installation Process
  • Source Media
  • Doing the Install
  • Labs
• Graphical Interface
  
  • Graphical Layers
  • Session Management
  • Exploring the Filesystem
  • Customizing the Graphical Desktop
  • Labs

• System Configuration from the Graphical Interface

  • System Settings

  • Display Settings

  • Network Manager

  • NTP (Network Time Protocol)

  • Graphical Software Package Management

  • Labs

• Finding Linux Documentation

  • Documentation Sources

  • The UNIX Manual

  • GNU Info

  • Command Help

  • Other Documentation Sources

  • Labs

• Common Applications

  • Internet Applications

  • Office Applications

  • Multimedia Applications

  • Graphics Editors

  • Labs

• Text Editors
  
  • Available Text Editor
  • Creating a File Without an Editor
  • Nano
  • gedit
  • vi
  • emacs
  • Labs

• Boot Process

  • Bootloader

  • Linux Kernel and initramfs

  • init and Services

  • Console

  • X Window System and Desktop Manager

  • Labs

• Command-line Operations

  • Command Line Operations and Options

  • Basic Operations

  • Command Prompt

  • Wildcards

  • Searching for Files

  • Package Management

  • Labs

• User Environment
  
  • Account
  • Environment Variables
  • Key Shortcuts
  • Command History
  • Command Aliases
  • File Ownership and Permission
  • Labs

• Text Operations

  • cat

  • echo

  • sed

  • awk

  • Miscellaneous Text Utilities

  • Sorting, Cutting, Pasting, Joining, Splitting

  • Regular Expressions and grep

  • Labs

• File Operations

  • Filesystems

  • Partitions and Mount Points

  • Network File System (NFS)

  • Working with Files

  • Comparing Files

  • File Types

  • Compressing Data
  • Labs

• Bash Shell Scripting

  • Scripts

  • Features

  • Functions

  • Command Substitutions and Arithmetic

  • If Conditions and Tests

  • Looping Structures

  • Case Structure

  • Debugging

  • Creating Temporary Files and Directories

  • Labs

• Processes
  
  • Introduction to Processes
  • Process Attributes
  • ps
  • top
  • Load Averages
  • Process Control
  • Starting Processes in the Future
  • Labs

• Printing

  • CUPS and Printer Configuratio

  • Printing Operations

  • PostScript and PDF

  • Labs

• Networking
  
  • Addressing
  • Networking Interfaces and Configuration
  • Networking Utilities and Tools
  • Labs

• Local Security Principles

  • Local Security

  • When to Use Root

  • Sudo

  • Passwords

  • Bypassing User Authenticatio

  • Labs

• Closing and Evaluation Survey
  
  • Evaluation Survey

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