CS 201: Introduction to Linux

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Course Curriculum

1. Introduction
1. Introduction
2. What is an Operating System?
3. Categories of Operating Systems
4. Personal Computers
5. Apple Computers
6. Mobile Operating Systems
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 1.1
1. Introduction
2. Software Licenses
3. Proprietary Software
4. Free and Open-Source Software
5. Why Pay for Software?
6. Lesson Summary
7. 1.2 quiz
1. introduction
2. Intellectual Property
3. Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks
4. Open Source: Definition, Pros and Cons, Examples
5. Lesson Summary
6. 1.3 quiz
1. Introduction
2. The History of Linux
3. A College Student with a Problem
4. Linux's Best Features
5. Lesson Summary
6. 1.4 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Linux Distributions (Distros)
3. Common Linux Distributions
4. Where is Linux Used?
5. Lesson Summary
6. 1.5 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Donning The Red Hat
3. Business Models
4. Software Careers
5. Lesson Summary
6. 1.6 quiz
1. Introduction
1. Introduction
2. Linux Distribution
3. System Requirements
4. Choosing the Best Distribution
5. Graphical User Environments(GUI)
6. Usage Type
7. Lesson Summary
8. 2.1 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Before Installing Linux
3. Download and Install Fedora Linux on a Standard PC
4. Find and Download Fedora
5. Get Rawrite32
6. Write Fedora Linux Disk Image to the USB Drive
7. Installing Fedora Linux
8. First Screens After Reboot
9. Lesson Summary
10. 2.2 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Oracle VM VirtualBox
3. Installing a Linux distribution on VirtualBox
4. Getting Ubuntu iso images
5. Installing Ubuntu
6. Lesson Summary
1. Introduction
2. Managing Users
3. Creating Users
4. Setting the User Type
5. Removing Users
6. Managing Groups
7. Creating Groups
8. Adding Users to Groups
9. Removing Users from Groups
10. Lesson Summary
11. 2.4 quiz
1. Introduction
2. What is a Kernel in OS?
3. Kernel Definition in Computer Science
4. Types of Kernel
5. What is Shell in Linux?
6. Types of Shell in Linux
7. What is Terminal in Linux?
8. Some Basic Commands
9. Lesson Summary
10. 2.5 quiz
1. Introduction
1. Linux Operating System
2. Filesystem
3. Directory Structure
4. Lesson summary
5. 3.1 quiz
1. Introduction
2. What Exactly is Linux?
3. File Names in Linux
4. File Listing Commands in Linux
5. Wildcard Characters in Linux
6. Standard Wildcards
7. Regular Expressions
8. Text vs Binary Files
9. Lesson Summary
10. 3.2 quiz
1. Introduction
2. What is Grep?
3. How Does Grep Work?
4. What are Grep's Options?
5. Let's Try Out Some Options
6. What are Regular Expressions?
7. Let's Try Out Some Regular Expressions
8. Your Turn
9. Beyond Grep
10. Introducing EGrep
11. Introducing Fgrep
12. Lesson Summary
13. 3.3 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Linux Text Editors
3. Installing a Text Editor
4. Editing a Text File in vi
5. Command Mode
6. Insert Mode
7. Saving and Exiting
8. Editing a Text File in Vim
9. Editing a Text File in Emacs
10. Lesson Summary
11. 3.4 quiz
1. Introduction
1. Finding Files and Directories on the File System
2. What Are Links in Linux?
3. Creating Links
4. The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS)
5. Lesson Summary
6. 4.1 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Linux Command Structure Review
3. Listing files and directories
4. Finding where you are with the pwd command
5. Changing the working directory with cd
6. Creating a directory with mkdir
7. Copying a file with cp
8. Deleting a File with rm
9. Removing a directory with rmdir
10. Moving (or renaming) a file with mv
11. Lesson Summary
12. 4.2 quiz
1. Introduction
2. File Permission Overview
3. Default Permissions
4. Ownership
5. Making Changes
6. Changing Ownership with chown
7. Lesson Summary
8. 4.3 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Special Permissions in Linux
3. Viewing Special Permissions
4. Applying Special Permissions
5. Using the File Manager to Apply Permissions
6. Modifying the Default Access Control List
7. Filesystem Attributes in Linux
8. Lesson Summary
9. 4.4 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Lesson Overview and Knowledge Required
3. Program Code
4. Application Exercise
5. Follow Up Questions
6. Application Exercise Answer Key
7. Follow Up Questions Answer Key
1. Introduction
1. Linux Filesystems
2. The Role of Filesystems
3. Major Filesystem Types
4. Mounting and Unmounting Filesystems
5. Alternate Filesystems
6. Virtual Filesystems
7. Lesson Summary
8. 5.1 quiz
1. Introduction
2. The Linux Filesystem
3. Creating a Filesystem in Linux
4. Creating a Partition
5. Creating the Filesystem on a Partition
6. Managing a Filesystem in Linux
7. Mounting the Filesystem
8. Unmounting the Filesystem
9. Checking and Repairing Filesystems
10. Create an ISO Image File in Linux
11. Create an ISO Image from a CD/DVD
12. Create an ISO Image from a Directory
13. Lesson Summary
14. 5.2 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Overview of the /dev Directory
3. Character and Block Devices
4. Major and Minor Numbers
5. Lesson Summary
6. 5.3 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Logical Volume Manager
3. Physical Volumes
4. Volume Groups
5. Logical Volumes
6. Lesson Summary
7. 5.4 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Checking for File System Errors
3. Using fsck
4. Disk Quotas
5. Lesson Summary
6. 5.5 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Assignment Location & Info
1. Introduction
1. Knowing the Language
2. Shells
3. Script
4. File Descriptors and Standard I/O
5. Redirections and Pipes
6. Lesson Summary
7. 6.1 quiz
1. Introduction
2. The Unix/Linux shell
3. The Environment
4. Environment files
5. Variables
6. Types of variables
7. Variable Names
8. Lesson Summary
9. 6.2 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Introduction to the bash Shell
3. bash Shell Script
4. Creating a Shell Script
5. Executing a Shell Script
6. Escape Sequences in a Shell Script
7. Lesson Summary
8. 6.3 quiz
1. Introduction
2. The Bash If Statement
3. The Bash If-Else (Elif) Statement
4. The Bash Else Statement
5. Introduction to Bash
6. Basic Rules of Bash Conditional Statements
7. Condition Syntaxes
8. Single Bracket Syntax
9. Double Bracket Syntax
10. Double Parenthesis Syntax
11. Lesson Summary
12. 6.4 quiz
1. Inroduction
2. Case Statements
3. Lesson Summary
4. 6.5 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Loops In Bash
3. While Loops
4. Until Loops
5. Until Loops are Quite Similar to While Loops so Why Should We Use Until Loops?
6. For Loops
7. Choosing a Loop
8. Summary
9. 6.6 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Lesson Overview & Knowledge Required
3. If, Else and Else If
4. Introduction to Loops
5. Exercises
6. Lesson Summary
1. Introduction
1. Introduction
2. The Linux Boot Process
3. BIOS
4. Boot Volume
5. Boot Loader
6. LILO
7. GRUB
8. Kernel
9. Init
10. Daemons
11. Runlevels
12. Lesson Summary
13. 7.1 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Daemons
3. Init
4. Runlevels
5. Default Runlevel
6. Runlevel 0
7. Runlevel 1
8. Runlevel 2
9. Runlevel 3
10. Runlevel 4
11. Runlevel 5
12. Runlevel 6
13. Lesson Summary
14. 7.2 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Daemons
3. Runlevels
4. Modifying the Runlevel of a Linux System
5. Targets
6. Starting and Stopping Daemons Based on Runlevels and Targets
7. Lesson Summary
8. 7.3 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Linux GUI Components
3. Window Manager
4. Desktop Environment
5. X Window System Configuration
6. Lesson Summary
7. 7.4 quiz
1. Introduction
1. Three Linux Process Categories
2. Interactive
3. Batch
4. Daemons
5. Lesson Summary
6. 8.1 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Operations: View and Kill
3. Viewing Processes
4. Process Identifier (PID)
5. Process Snapshot (ps)
6. Killing Processes
7. Lesson Summary
8. 8.2 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Binary Programs in Linux
3. Shell Scripts in Linux
4. Executing a File in Linux
5. Executing With the Terminal
6. Executing With the File Manager
7. Lesson Summary
8. 8.3 quiz
1. Introduction
2. The Breathing Process
3. Background Process in Linux
4. Manipulating Background Processes
5. Lesson Summary
6. 8.4 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Process Priorities
3. Verification of Process Priorities
4. Modification of Process Priorities
5. The Nice Command
6. The Renice Command
7. Process Priority per User
8. Lesson Summary
9. 8.5 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Scheduling Commands in Linux
3. Scheduling Tasks Using at
4. Lesson Summary
5. 8.6 quiz
1. Introduction
2. What is cron?
3. cron Job
4. crontab
5. Working Together
6. Lesson Summary
7. 8.7 quiz
1. Introduction
1. Common UNIX Print System (CUPS)
2. Line Printer Daemon (LPD)
3. Configuring Printers in Linux
4. Configuring a Printer on a Desktop
5. Configuring a Printer using the Command Line
6. Lesson Summary
7. 9.1 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Introduction to Log Files in Linux
3. Monitoring the Linux Log Files
4. System Log Daemon
5. Journal Daemon
6. Lesson Summary
7. 9.2 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Introduction
3. Linux Authentication
4. User and Group Identifiers
5. Group Membership
6. Lesson Summary
7. 9.3 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Introduction
3. User Account Modification
4. The chage Command
5. User Account Deletion
6. Lesson Summary
7. 9.4 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Introduction to File Compression
3. How is a File Compressed?
4. Compressing a File in Linux
5. Uncompressing a File in Linux
6. Using the zcat Command
7. Lesson Summary
8. 9.5 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Backups - Why it Matters
3. Types of Backups
4. Backup Utilities
5. The tar Utility
6. The cpio Utility
7. The dump/restore utilities
8. Lesson Summary
9. 9.6 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Finding Installed Software in Linux
3. Installing Software Using Linux Package Managers
4. APT
5. RPM
6. YUM
7. Compiling Source Code into a Program in Linux
8. Lesson Summary
9. 9.7 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)
3. Uses of RPM
4. RPM Commands
5. RPM Options
6. Installation and Upgrades
7. Package Dependencies
8. Package Upgrades
9. Package Removal
10. Querying the RPM Database
11. Verifying a Package
12. Lesson Summary
13. 9.8 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Software Repositories in Linux
3. Package Manager for a Software Repository
4. Yum Package Manager
5. Using Yum in a Command Line
6. Using Yum in a GUI Utility
7. Using Yum to Search a Repository
8. Lesson Summary
9. 9.9 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Introduction to Debian Package Manager
3. The dpkg Command
4. The apt-get Command
5. The Aptitude Utility
6. Using Aptitude in the Command Mode
7. Using Aptitude in the GUI Mode
8. Lesson Summary
9. 9.10 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Lesson Overview & Knowledge Required
3. Caution
4. Program Code
5. Code Application
6. Follow-up Questions
7. Answer Key
1. Introduction
1. What is a Server and What are the Functions of a Server?
2. Client-Server Model
3. Types of Server and Services Provided by the Server
4. Desktop Computers and Servers
5. Components and Subcomponents of Servers
6. Hardware and Software Requirements for Servers
7. Lesson Summary
8. 10.1 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Hard Disk Importance
3. Structure of the Disk
4. Disk Performance Parameters
5. Improving Disk Performance
6. Lesson Summary
7. 10.2 quiz
1. Introduction
2. RAID
3. Striping
4. RAID 0
5. RAID 1
6. Higher RAID Levels
7. Disadvantages
8. Lesson Summary
9. Learning Outcomes
10. 10.3 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Formal Definition
3. Features of ZFS
4. ZFS Storage Pools
5. Linux Configuration
6. Installing ZFS
7. Installing ZFS Pool
8. ZFS Commands
9. Lesson Summary
10. 10.4 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Difference between server and desktop Linux distributions
3. How to Install a Linux Server Distribution?
4. How to Select a Linux Server Distribution?
5. The GRUB Bootloader
6. How to Configure a Linux Server Distro?
7. Conclusion
8. 10.5 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Common Issues with Linux-based Computer Systems
3. Problems during Linux Installation
4. Problems during System Operation
5. System Rescue and How to Use It
6. 3-2-1 Rule for Backups
7. Lesson Summary
8. 10.6 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Getting started
3. Initial Commands
4. !Point to Point Protocol
5. Lesson Summary
6. 10.7 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Routing Data
3. Routing Tables
4. Linux Routing Commands
5. Route Command
6. IP Command
7. Traceroute
8. Multi-Homed Networks
9. Lesson Summary
10. 10.8 quiz
1. Introduction
2. Network Services in Linux
3. Daemons Providing Network Services
4. Internet Super Daemon (xinetd)
5. Ports & the /etc/services File
6. Lesson Summary
7. 10.9 quiz
1. Assignment
1. Final Exam

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Ch 1. Introduction to Linux & Open Source Software

Lesson 1.1 History of Operating Systems: Timeline & Evolution

Lesson 1.2 Software Licensing: Proprietary and Free and Open-Source Licenses

Lesson 1.3 Intellectual Property and Open Source Software: Issues and Concerns

Lesson 1.4 Linux Operating System: Origins & Features

Lesson1.5 Linux Operating System: Distributions & Uses

1.6 Open Source Software: Business Models & Careers

Ch 2. Linux Installation & Configuration

Lesson 2.1 Linux Installation: Hardware Requirements & Distribution

Lesson 2.2 How to Install Fedora Linux on a Local Machine

Lesson 2.3 How to Install Linux on a VirtualBox

Lesson 2.4 How to Configure Linux User Accounts

Lesson 2.5 Shell, Terminal, Bash & Kernel in Linux: Definition & Basic Commands

Ch 3. Linux Filesystems, Commands & Text Editors

Lesson 3.1 File Management in Linux Operating Systems

Lesson 3.2 File Names, Commands & File Contents in Linux

Lesson 3.3 Regular Expressions & the GREP Command in Linux

Lesson 3.4 Linux Text Editors: Vi, Vim & Emacs

Ch 4. Linux Filesystem Management

Lesson 4.1 Linux Directories, Linked Files & the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

Lesson 4.2 Linux Commands for Managing Files & Directories

Lesson 4.3 Modifying File Permissions & Access Control in Linux

Lesson 4.4 Special Permissions, Access Control & Filesystem Attributes in Linux

Lesson 4.5 Practical Application for Introduction to Linux: Managing a Linux Filesystem

Ch 5. Linux Filesystem Administration

Lesson 5.1 Linux Filesystems: Types & Features

Lesson 5.2 Creating & Managing Filesystems in Linux

Lesson 5.3 The /dev Directory in the Linux Filesystem

Lesson 5.4 Using the Logical Volume Manager (LVM) in Linux

Lesson 5.5 Checking for Errors & Limiting Space Usage in Linux Filesystems

Lesson 5.6 Required Assignments Reminder

Ch 6. The Bash Shell in Linux

Lesson 6.1 Bash in Linux: Definition & Overview

Lesson 6.2 Bash Variables & Files in Linux

Lesson 6.3 Bash Scripts & Escape Sequences in Linux

Lesson 6.4 If, Else & If-Else Statements in Bash

Lesson 6.5 When & How to Use Case Statements in Bash

Lesson 6.6 Loops in Bash: Structure & Examples

Lesson 6.7 Practical Application for Introduction to Linux: Programming Statements in Bash

Ch 7. Linux System Initialization & X Windows

Lesson 7.1 Understanding the Linux Boot Process

Lesson 7.2 Linux Initialization & Runlevels

Lesson 7.3 Configuring Linux to Manage Daemons: Process & Examples

Lesson 7.4 Linux GUI Components & X Windows Configuration

Ch 8. Managing Linux Processes

Lesson 8.1 Linux Processes: Types & Categories

Lesson 8.2 Viewing & Killing Processes in Linux

Lesson 8.3 Executing Binary Programs & Shell Scripts in Linux

Lesson 8.4 Background Processes in Linux: Definition & Manipulation

Lesson 8.5 Process Priorities in Linux: Definition & Modification

Lesson 8.6 Using Scheduling Commands in Linux

Lesson 8.7 Cron Tables in Linux: Definition & Example

Ch 9. Administrative Tasks in Linux

Lesson 9.1 Printers in Linux: Uses & Configuration

Lesson 9.2 Log File Administration in Linux

Lesson 9.3 Authenticating & Adding Users in Linux

Lesson 9.4 Modifying & Deleting Users in Linux

Lesson 9.5 Compressing & Uncompressing Files in Linux

Lesson 9.6 System Backups in Linux: Definition & Significance

Lesson 9.7 Software Installation in Linux

Lesson 9.8 Installing & Removing RPM Packages in Linux

Lesson 9.9 Software Repositories & the yum Command in Linux

Lesson 9.10 Debian Package Manager in Linux: Definition & Uses

Lesson 9.11 Practical Application for Introduction to Linux: Performing a System Backup in Linux

Ch 10. Linux Servers & Networks

Lesson 10.1 What is a Server? - Definition & Explanation

Lesson 10.2 Disk Performance: Importance, Parameters & Improvement

Lesson 10.3 RAID Arrays & Data Redundancy

Lesson 10.4 Zettabyte File System (ZFS): Configuration & Commands

Lesson 10.5 Selecting & Installing Linux Server Distributions

Lesson 10.6 Using System Rescue to Fix Linux Server Installation Problems

Lesson 10.7 How to Configure a Network Interface in Linux

Lesson 10.8 Routing in Linux Systems

Lesson 10.9 Network Services in Linux

Assignment

Final Exam

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