An Introduction to Linux

• Introduction to Linux

  • History of GNU/Linux

  • Selecting an operating system, and flavours of Linux

  • Understanding Open Source and Software Licences

• Linux Environments

  • Linux Environments

  • Desktop Environments e.g. Gnome, Cinnamon, Xfce

  • Shell Environments e.g Bash, C, Korn, Zsh

  • The Linux Subsystem for Windows

• SSH - Connecting to a Linux Computer

  • What is Secure Shell (SSH)?

  • Making connections using username and password

  • Making connections using public/private keys

• Managing Files

Getting to know the command line by:

• navigating the file system

• creating files

• editing files

• moving and copying files

• deleting files

• renaming files

• setting file and directory permissions

• creating a symbolic link

• Understanding The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS)

• Managing permissions

  • Managing file and folder permissions

  • Elevating privileges Sudo / Root / Super User

  • Managing Users and Groups

  • Changing your password

• Searching, Extracting and Archiving Data

  • Using regular expressions

  • Searching for and extracting data

  • Redirecting input and output

  • Redirection and Pipes

  • Compression and Archiving

• Managing programs and processes

  • Running applications in foreground/background

  • finding running applications

  • killing processes

• Package Managers

Installing software using common package managers, and understanding the differences between them.

• yum

• dnf

• Flatpak

• Snap

• dpkg

• Scheduling and Services

  • Introduction to cron

  • Creating and Managing a Service

• Shell Scripting

  • Creating and running simple Bash shell scripts