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Linux Fundamentals

Students will install Linux, configure the X Window System, and learn to navigate the Linux command-line shell. Students will also learn fundamental concepts common to Linux: the kernel, Linux filesystem, boot process and runlevels, shell scripting, and editing text files. Linux Fundamentals is the first course in the Linux series. Following Linux Fundamentals is the second course, 079-935, Linux System Administration, which will help students gain hands-on experience with kernel customization, package management, process and disk management, as well as user and group management.

After completion of the second course in this series, the final course in this series is 079-933, Linux Networking. Linux Networking will help students gain a comprehensive overview of the TCP/IP functionality and networking features and daemons available for the Linux platform.

Course Objectives

Course Benefits

 

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Describe the structural components of Linux and what distinguishes a distribution of Linux.

  • Describe Open Source Software and distinguish between GNU and GPL.

  • Create installation boot diskettes.

  • Install Linux distribution(s).

  • Install and configure XFree86.

  • Describe how to get online help.

  • Configure fundamental system hardware.

  • Use fdisk or cfdisk to create, edit, and delete disk partitions.

  • Use LILO to manage boot options.

  • Boot the system, change runlevels, and shut down or reboot the system.

  • Describe the Linux hierarchical file system and the role of key directories in organizing system files.

  • Work effectively on the Linux command line using common shell commands, streams, pipes, filters, and redirection.

  • Use shell scripting to quickly perform repetitive tasks. Open, edit, and save text documents using the vi editor

Students will quickly gain the knowledge of linux installation, navigation and system features. While in class students will gain hands- on experience of working with linux based operating systems such as Red Hat, Suze, Gnu, Slackware to name a few. Students will also revieve their personalized copies of the Operating system software to keep and take home.

 

 

 

 
 

Prerequisites

  

Course Duration

 

Students should have 6-12 months experience with Linux. Familiarity with the Linux or Unix command line is required.

It is recomended students take the following courses to have some basic understanding of computer hardware concepts:

  • CompTia A+ Certification

 

This course will be taught in a total of 40 hours broken down into 4-hour class sessions.

 

Certification Track

This course is a pre-requistite to higher Linux and Red hat certifications. At course completion students would have the knowledge and skills to advance to higer certification levels. The following class completes the linux fundamental credentials:

Recommended Training

Linux Basics and System Fundamentals

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