1. Introduction to Linux

• Bootstrap – A Starter for the Impatient
  • Getting Help from Linux
    • man Pages
    • info
    • /usr/doc/* (or /usr/share/doc/*)
    • The Linux Documentation Project
  • Similarities Between Linux and DOS
    • Comparing DOS & Windows to Linux
    • What’s The Same?
    • What’s Different?
  • Win/DOS to Linux Quick Reference
  • Shutting Down
• The Linux (Virtual) File System
  • What is a file system?
  • In Linux, Everything Is a File
• Linux Command Line Basics
  • What is this “shell”?
  • Why It Is Called a Shell
  • Cool Command Line Tricks
    • Command History
    • Command Completion
    • Multitasking
  • Navigation: ls, cd, and pwd
  • Viewing files: cat, more or less
  • Creation: touch and mkdir
  • Copy and Move
  • Deletion: rm and rmdir
• Users and Groups
  • Identity and Permissions
  • User and SuperUser
  • Becoming SuperUser
• Installing Software on Linux
  • Debian, Ubuntu: APT
  • Fedora, Red Hat: yum
  • Mandriva: urpm
  • Tar Balls
  • Other Systems
• Editing Files with Emacs
  • Understanding Emacs Terminology
  • Emacs Quick Reference
    • Quitting Emacs
    • File Operations
    • Editing Operations
    • Cursor Movement
  • Additional Resources
• Editing files with vi
  • Lesson 1: How to Quit vi
  • Lesson 2: Editing with vi
  • vi Quick Reference
    • Movement
    • Editing
    • Saving and Quitting
  • Additional Resources