Fundamentals of Linux (LFS300) Training Course

Introduction

• Linux Foundation
• Linux Foundation Training
• Linux Foundation Certifications
• Linux Foundation Digital Badges
• Laboratory Exercises, Solutions and Resources
• Distribution Details
• Labs

Preliminaries

•  The Command Line
•  Linux Distributions and Desktops
•  Keeping Current
•  Filesystem Layout
•  Editors
•  sudo
•  Labs

Linux Philosophy and Concepts

•  Linux History
•  Linux Philosophy
•  Linux Community
•  Linux Vocabulary
•  Linux Distributions
•  Labs

Linux Installation

•  Planning the Installation Process
•  Source Media
•  Doing the Install
•  Labs

Graphical Interface

•  Graphical Layers
•  Session Management
•  Exploring the Filesystem
•  Customizing the Graphical Desktop
•  Labs

System Configuration from the Graphical Interface

•  System Settings
•  Display Settings
•  Network Manager
•  NTP (Network Time Protocol)
•  Graphical Software Package Management
•  Labs

Finding Linux Documentation

•  Documentation Sources
•  The UNIX Manual
•  GNU Info
•  Command Help
•  Other Documentation Sources
•  Labs

Common Applications

•  Internet Applications
•  Office Applications
•  Multimedia Applications
•  Graphics Editors
•  Labs

Text Editors

•  Available Text Editors
•  Creating a File Without an Editor
•  nano
•  gedit
•  vi
•  emacs
•  Labs

Boot Process

•  Bootloader
•  Linux Kernel and initramfs
•  init and Services
•  Console
•  X Window System and Desktop Manager
•  Labs

Commandline Operations

•  Command Line Operations and Options
•  Basic Operations
•  Command Prompt
•  Wildcards
•  Searching for Files
•  Package Management
•  Labs

User Environment

•  Accounts
•  Environment Variables
•  Key Shortcuts
•  Command History
•  Command Aliases
•  File Ownership and Permissions
•  Labs

Text Operations

•  cat
•  echo
•  sed
•  awk
•  Miscellaneous Text Utilities
•  Sorting, Cutting, Pasting, Joining, Splitting
•  Regular Expressions and grep
•  Labs

File Operations

•  Filesystems
•  Partitions and Mount Points
•  Network File System (NFS)
•  Working with Files
•  Comparing Files
•  File Types
•  Compressing Data
•  Labs

Bash Shell Scripting

•  Scripts
•  Features
•  Functions
•  Command Substitutions and Arithmetic
•  If Conditions and Tests
•  Looping Structures
•  Case Structure
•  Debugging
•  Creating Temporary Files and Directories
•  Labs

Processes

•  Introduction to Processes
•  Process Attributes
•  ps
•  top
•  Load Averages
•  Process Control
•  Starting Processes in the Future
•  Labs

Printing

•  CUPS and Printer Configuration
•  Printing Operations
•  PostScript and PDF
•  Labs

Networking

•  Addressing
•  Networking Interfaces and Configuration
•  Networking Utilities and Tools
•  Labs

Local Security Principles

•  Local Security
•  When to Use Root
•  sudo
•  Passwords
•  Bypassing User Authentication
•  Labs
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