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Linux is a free Unix-type operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of developers around the world. Developed under the GNU General Public License, the source code for Linux is freely available to everyone. In this tutorial, Arthur Griffith explains and demonstrates everything you need to know to begin understanding and using Linux. From history to philosophy, installation to networking (even Cygwin X Server and RedHat); whether you have a passing interest in a new OS, or would like to become a Linux engineer, the VTC \'Linux: Introduction to Linux\' tutorial is the best place to start. To get started, click on one of the links below
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Introduction
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| Course Introduction | (06:18) | |
| What is Linux? pt.1 | (04:16) | |
| What is Linux? pt.2 | (03:16) | |
| Course Overview | (02:29) | |
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A Look Around the File System
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| Structure of the File System | (03:42) | |
| The Contents of the File System | (06:58) | |
| A Few Commands and the Passwd File | (06:16) | |
| The Group and the Shadow | (05:48) | |
| File Permissions | (05:44) | |
| Change Ownerships and Permissions | (05:14) | |
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Disk Drives and Device Nodes
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| Linux File System Layout | (04:57) | |
| The Device Nodes in /dev | (06:28) | |
| Partitioning With fdisk | (07:00) | |
| Extended and Swap Partitions | (06:52) | |
| Making File Systems With mkfs | (05:41) | |
| Mounting File Systems | (05:07) | |
| Mounting With /etc/fstab pt.1 | (03:14) | |
| Mounting With /etc/fstab pt.2 | (04:24) | |
| Man part pt.1 | (04:39) | |
| Man part pt.2 | (02:55) | |
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Files and File Utilities
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| Directories and Links | (05:52) | |
| Some Handy File Utilities | (05:01) | |
| Using find To Locate Files | (04:24) | |
| Using grep To Search Through Files | (05:46) | |
| The vi Editor | (06:32) | |
| The emacs Editor | (04:39) | |
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The Linux Shell
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| The Bourne Again Shell | (06:39) | |
| The Environment Variables | (05:28) | |
| Defining and Exporting Variables | (03:58) | |
| Bash Startup Shell Scripts | (06:56) | |
| Some Standard Variables | (04:03) | |
| Fundamental Shell Scripts | (03:44) | |
| Standard Input and Output | (04:58) | |
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Shell Scripts and Init
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| A Shell Script with Arguments | (04:55) | |
| Using All Command Line Arguments | (04:55) | |
| Testing Files in Scripts | (06:15) | |
| Case, Esac, and Exit | (05:04) | |
| Aliases and Functions | (05:16) | |
| The File /etc/inittab | (06:06) | |
| The Scripts In /etc/rc.d | (05:24) | |
| The Run Level Scripts In /etc/rc.d | (04:06) | |
| Running the Run Level Scripts | (05:12) | |
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Running Processes
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| Examining the Running Processes pt.1 | (03:59) | |
| Examining the Running Processes pt.2 | (03:40) | |
| Fork and Exec | (05:24) | |
| Orphans and Zombies | (05:02) | |
| Crontab | (05:29) | |
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UNIX Networking
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| TCP/IP Concepts | (06:36) | |
| TCP/IP Services | (06:18) | |
| TCP/IP Hosts | (04:24) | |
| TCP/IP Routing | (06:23) | |
| DNS | (03:45) | |
| The xinetd Super Server | (05:51) | |
| NFS | (05:55) | |
| Modem pt.1 | (07:04) | |
| Modem pt.2 | (04:59) | |
| Modem pt.3 | (03:06) | |
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X
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| The X Server | (06:54) | |
| Cygwin X Server | (05:03) | |
| Cygwin Remote Login | (06:14) | |
| RedHat GNOME | (06:40) | |
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Archiving and Compressing
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| General Archiving and Compressing | (04:46) | |
| Compressing and Uncompressing | (03:24) | |
| Zipping and Unzipping | (05:14) | |
| Gzipping and Gunzipping | (04:37) | |
| Uuencode and Uudecode | (03:44) | |
| Sharing and Unsharing | (03:51) | |
| Tarring and Untarring pt.1 | (03:37) | |
| Tarring and Untarring pt.2 | (04:35) | |
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Misc Utils
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| Screen Grabber xwd | (05:22) | |
| Display and Convert | (06:04) | |
| The mtools | (05:49) | |
| Dumping Files With od | (04:36) | |
| A Few Simple Programs | (05:52) | |
| Shutdown | (04:17) | |
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| Title: | Linux: Introduction to Linux |
| Author: | Arthur Griffith |
| SKU: | 33482 |
| ISBN: | 1932072780 |
| Release Date: | 2004-03-12 |
| Price: | |
| Duration: | 6.5 hrs / 75 lessons |
| Work Files: |
No |
| Captions: | No |
| Compatibility: |
Vista/XP/2000, OS X, Linux QuickTime 7 |
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