Getting started with Linux in a local virtual environment

This, along with the other courses can be given either on-site in the offices of the client or on-line via Zoom or other means. Contact Gabor Szabo for more details.

Goals

• Have a Linux distribution on the computer brought by the participant
• Be able to use bacis commands in the Linux shell.
• Have directions on how to further learn about the Linux shell.
• Understand what is Unix/Linux.
• Understand the Open Source development model.

Audience

• Developers
• QA engineers
• DevOps engineers
• Automation engineers

Prerequisites

• General understanding how computers work.
• Bring your own computer where you already have VirtualBox installed and where you have the rights to install new software.

Course format

• 8 academic hours. (Two half-days)

Syllabus

Details

• Install a Linux distribution on the computer brought by the participant
• Linux with GUI - short review of Linux as a desktop computer.
• Create users.
• Install new software.
• Update existing software.
• Open the terminal.
• Access linux from another computer (ssh, putty)
• Create, edit, move, copy, and remove files and directories.
• grep, pipe
• less, cat, find, wc
• du, df, free, gzip, tar
• Process management ps, htop, jobs, bg, fg
• Environment variables, PATH, etc.

Resources

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If you are interested in this course, contact Gabor Szabo for more details.

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