Linux Essentials - for Windows Professionals and other Operating System Users

We offer Linux  training courses aimed at preparing students for a career track in Linux administration. Linux training is available at our training centre in Cape Town. We specialise in certification training, and have been offering Linux  training since 2003.

Course Description
An introduction to fundamental end-user and administrative tools in Enterprise Linux, designed for students with little or no command-line Linux or UNIX experience.

What you will learn

• Unit 1 - Linux Ideas and History
  An Introduction to Linux and Open Source: what are the central ideas behind the Linux phenomenon and where do they come from?

• Unit 2 - Linux Usage Basics
  Logging into the system, changing users and editing text files.

• Unit 3 - Running Commands and Getting Help
  How to use built-in and online documentation to enhance your experience.

• Unit 4 - Browsing the Filesystem
  Understanding the locations of important directories on a Enterprise Linux system and navigating them from the command line and using the graphical browser.

• Unit 5 - Users, Groups and Permissions
  Reading and setting permissions on files and directories.

• Unit 6 - Using the bash Shell
  Basic tips and tricks to make Enterprise Linux's default shell work for you. Topics include tab completion, history and an introduction to shell scripting.

• Unit 7 - Standard I/O and Pipes
  The ins-and-outs of redirecting output between programs and files.

• Unit 8 - Text Processing Tools
  An introduction to some of the most useful text-processing utilities in Enterprise Linux, including grep, cut, sed, sort, diff and patch.

• Unit 9 - vim: An Advanced Text Editor
  How to get the most out of the powerful and flexible vim text editor.

• Unit 10 - Basic System Configuration Tools
  Using Enterprise Linux's graphical and text-based configuration tools to manage networking, printing and date/time settings.

• Unit 11 - Investigating and Managing Processes
  Listing, terminating and scheduling program executions on a Enterprise Linux system.

• Unit 12 - Configuring the Bash Shell
  A discussion of using shell variables and scripts to customize the command-line environment.

• Unit 13 - Finding and Processing Files
  In-depth coverage of using the find command and related utilities to locate and act upon files based on arbitrary criteria .

• Unit 14 - Network Clients
  An overview of network tools available in Enterprise linux, from web browsers to email clients and diagnostic utilities.

• Unit 15 - Advanced Topics in Users, Groups and Permissions
  A deeper discussion of how user and group identities are stored on a Enterprise Linux system, as well as the introduction of advanced filesystem permissions like SetUID and SetGID.

• Unit 16 - The Linux Filesystem In-Depth
  The nuts-and-bolts of how Enterprise Linux deals with filesystems. Topics include partitions, inodes, linking and archiving tools.

• Unit 17 - Essential System Administration Tools
  An introduction to fundamental system administration topics such as installing Enterprise Linux, managing software packages, and enhancing security with SELinux and the netfilter firewall.

• Unit 18 - So... What Now?
  Exposure to further options for training and involvement in the larger open-source community.

The Linux course is available as a classroom based course which is a five days course. Students will be required to attend 5 days from Monday to Friday from 8h30 to 4pm daily.

What courses follow this one?

The next course in this series would be Linux System Administration. click here to enquire about this course