SAIR Linux GNU:
Installation and Configuration

Topic-Level Outline

Days: 2

Prerequisites: Familiarity with personal computers, use of a keyboard and a mouse, and the basics of opening, minimizing, resizing, and closing windows. Students should have installed some operating system on a PC.

Unit 1 : Linux concepts

Topic A: 0 History of open source/free software and Linux

A-1: Discussing the origins of Linux

Topic B: 0 Business Views of free software

B-1: Discussing the business views of free software

Unit 2 : Linux structural overview

Topic A: 0 Overall system structure

A-1: Discussing the structure of Linux

Topic B: 0 The Linux file system

B-1: Discussing the Linux file system

Topic C: 0 Getting a copy of Linux

C-1: Discussing how to get Linux

Unit 3 : Bootloaders and startup issues

Topic A: 0 LILO

A-1: Working with LILO

Topic B: 0 GRUB

B-1: Working with GRUB

Topic C: 0 Startup issues

C-1: Discussing startup issues

Unit 4 : Pre-installation planning

Topic A: 0 Hardware inspection and analysis

A-1: Viewing and using information in the proc filesystem

Topic B: 0 Hardware compatibility issues

B-1: Discussing Linux hardware compatibility

Topic C: 0 Hard disk partitioning

C-1: Discussing hard-disk partitioning

Topic D: 0 Network configuration

D-1: Discussing network configuration

Topic E: 0 Installation media choices

E-1: Discussing installation media

Topic F: 0 Installing Red Hat Linux from CD-ROM

F-1: Installing Red Hat Linux

Unit 5 : Startup and shutdown

Topic A: 0 Startup and shutdown processes

A-1: Working with the startup and shutdown procedures

Topic B: 0 Configuring init

B-1: Working with the initialization scripts

Unit 6 : The shell

Topic A: 0 The Linux shell

A-1: Working with bash

Topic B: 0 Configuring the bash shell

B-1: Customizing bash

Unit 7 : Getting help

Topic A: 0 Getting help in Linux

A-1: Working with built-in help

Topic B: 0 Getting help online

B-1: Getting help online

Unit 8 : Basic system navigation

Topic A: 0 Fundamental shell commands and utilities

A-1: Command line tools

Topic B: 0 GUI tools and utilities

B-1: Setting file permissions with Nautilus

B-2: Discussing GUI tools

Unit 9 : Basic system administration

Topic A: 0 Creating and managing user accounts and groups

A-1: Adding a user using Red Hat User Manager

Topic B: 0 Printers

B-1: Setting up a local printer using Red Hat printconf

Topic C: 0 Using removable media

C-1: Learning more about mount

Topic D: 0 System monitoring

D-1: Discussing monitoring tools

Unit 10 : X Windows

Topic A: 0 The X Window system

A-1: Discussing X Windows

Topic B: 0 Configuring X Windows

B-1: Configuring the mouse on Red Hat v7.3

Unit 11 : Installing and managing Linux applications

Topic A: 0 Installing applications from source code

A-1: Installing a source code application

Topic B: 0 Linux software package managers

B-1: Discussing packages and package managers

Unit 12 : Linux applications

Topic A: 0 Web browsers

A-1: Discussing Linux web browsers

Topic B: 0 Email clients

B-1: Discussing Linux email clients

Topic C: 0 FTP applications

C-1: Using the Linux ftp program

Topic D: 0 Text editors

D-1: A brief introduction to vi

Topic E: 0 Word processors and office suites

E-1: Discussing Linux word processors and office suites

Unit 13 : Troubleshooting

Topic A: 0 The troubleshooting process

A-1: Discussing the troubleshooting process

Topic B: 0 Where to look

B-1: Finding things

Topic C: 0 Some common problems

C-1: Solving some common problems