CGS 2760 - Supplemental Reading Online

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CGS 2760 - Supplemental Reading Online

Here are some links to a few brief articles and sample textbook chapters online that you may find helpful in relationship to course content. They are organized based on course chapters leading up to each exam. You are also encouraged to regularly review the web sites listed on the course page entitled Linux Resources on the Internet. If you consider yourself a Linux novice, read the document entitled Linux Fundamentals.

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I have listed the supplemental reading items in the order we will cover the chapters in our textbook. As excerpts from other works, they may seem a bit disjointed, but they will also help to fill in some gaps that our author may have left in our textbook.

Each will load in its own browser window. When you are through reading it, just close that window and resume from this page.

Supplemental Reading for Quiz 1

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/pdf/Installation-HOWTO.pdf

Ch. 4: Introdution to Red Hat Linux

The RedHat Fedora Site,
Linux Basics,
KDE,
the Consoles and Terminals online chapter from Brian and Tom's Linux Book
Linux Help
Rute User's Tutorial - Basic Commands
Linux man pages online and Linux HOWTOs online

Ch. 8: Linux GUI's: X, GNOME, and KDE

X Windows
GNOME and X-Windows
KDE

Supplemental Reading for Quiz 2

Chapter 5: Linux Utilities

Linux Basics
Rute User's Tutorial - Basic Commands
File management
Manipulating Files (Looks a bit beyond our current scope)
Linux Metacharacters

Appendix A: Regular Expressions

Regular Expressions and the grep Commands

Chapter 6: The Linux Filesystem

Filesystems
The Linux (Virtual) File System
The Linux File System Hierarchy
Overview of the Directory Tree
Symbolic and Hard Links
How file ownership and permissions work
File security

Chapter 12: Files, Directories, and Filesystem

The Real Nature of Files: Hard Links and Inodes
Partitions, File Systems, Formatting, Mounting
Filesystems HOWTO (Mostly reference information)
An fstab Overview
How to edit and understand /etc/fstab

Supplemental Reading for Quiz 3

Chapter 7: The Shell

A brief answer to the question "What's a Shell?"
To merge a lot of prior content with Chapter 7, read the Tutorial on Linux Basics - (more a summary of them)
The Meaning of Quotes in Bash
REVIEW: Linux Metacharacters
Bash Shell Basics - Level 1
Bash Shell Basics - Level 2
Linux Tips on IO Redirection
There is an excellent overall Bash Reference Manual on the GNU.Org site. It covers more than Chapters 7 and 9, but is the best and most straight-forward overall reference on Bash that I have found to date. It is definately worth a browse and should be bookmarked.

Chapter 9: The Bourne Again Shell (bash)

Bash Guide for Beginners
The Linux Terminal - a Beginners' Bash
Bash Reference Manual from FAQS.Org
The ENTIRE Bash Manual from LowFatLinux.Com (just browse it)
Bash Commands - Quick Reference
Processes and Environment Variables

Chapter 28: Programming the Bourne Again Shell

The Linux Shell (from a programming perspective)
Bash Shell Programming in Linux
UNIX / Linux Bourne / Bash Shell Scripting Tutorial
Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial - A Beginner's handbook

Supplemental Reading for Quiz 4

Chapter 13: Downloading Software

Upgrading Software and the Kernel (includes codex and RPM)
Linux@DUKE: Yum: Yellow dog Updater, Modified
Managing Software with yum (from FedoraProject.org)

Chapter 14: Printing with CUPS

Traditional UNIX/Linux Printing
Linux Printing HOWTO
Common UNIX Printing System
The Linux Print2Win mini-HOWTO
Also browse some of the Samba site about Integration with Windows:

Chapter 16: Administration Tasks

Linux System Administration and Configuration
Managing User Accounts and some additional user management commands
System Backup
Scheduling jobs in Linux using at and cron
Log Files and Linux

Supplemental Reading for Quiz 5

Chapter 10: Networking and the Internet

I have some tutorial Internet web-handouts that you might find useful for general background on Internet and its services that is not specifically related to Linux.
Also read Sections 1-4, 8 and 9 of the Red Hat Linux: Networking and the Internet

Linux Network Administrator's Guide chapters:

Linux Newbie Administrator FAQ (About Networking)
Linux Email Basics and More Email Details