Acquaintance with Linux

  • Installation of Ubuntu Linux
  • Planning a Linux Installation
  • Pre-Installation Planning
  • Hardware Requirements
  • Partitioning Requirements
  • Dual Booting with Windows Operating System

Browsing the File System

  • Explain the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) UNIX is one big directory!
  • Explore the Linux file system (ext, ext3)
  • Important directories – /etc, /boot, /var, /srv, /proc, /tmp, /lib, /usr/lib, /usr/local/lib, /bin,
  • /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin
  • Partitions (/, /var, /usr and /boot) and Virtual Memory (SWAP)
  • Relative and Absolute Pathnames
  • Running Basic commands, Getting Help and Text Editors
  • Common BASH Shell commands – Command Line Interface (CLI), hereis, which, who – Important w commands
  • Familiar with the many help resources in RHEL
  • Explore usage of finding and searching user-tools (find, locate)
  • Demonstrate typical usage of vi/vim ASCII text editors