Linux For Users

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This book is intended to be the second in a series

Topics to be covered (order TBD)

  • Remotely accessing the system
  • About the kernel (monolithic, etc.)
  • Shell Scripting
    • Control structures
      • `test` command
        • Basic condition testing
        • Common pitfalls
      • if/elif/else
      • for/while
        • Basic looping (numbers)
        • Basic looping (files)
        • Continue/break
        • Warning about sub-shelling
      • Regular Expressions
        • Importance
        • Variations
      • Example
        • Parsing parameters
  • Configure common services (Apache, Samba, etc.)
  • Configuring installation packages
  • Adding additional hard drives/hardware on an installed system.
  • Configuring/compiling and installing a new kernel
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