Here is a new free online course offered by the HP Learning Center.
The
"Linux 201: Administering Linux for Users" course is now available for enrollment.
Linux 201 takes you deeper into Linux. Fedora Core 2 remains the focus when it comes to the GUI, but the greater command-line coverage translates better to the whole range of distributions. Some topics such as system configuration are expanded here, and other topics -- burning CD-ROMs, expanding multimedia support, adding NTFS support, and removing and managing the software on your system -- are all covered and are important topics for an end user to know. By the end of this free instructor led course, you will reach a whole new level of being able to control your own computing destiny. The instructor for this course is Cindy Fox. You can enroll now until the end of the class, which is March 3, 2006. The class starts on Jan. 19, 2006.
Linux 201: Administering Linux for Users Free Course: h30187.www3.hp.com/courses/overview.jsp?courseId=3172 What you'll learn: * Work more effectively on the command line
* Configure more of your system
* Manage your software
* Expand your multimedia support
* Access files on CDs, floppies, and hard drives
* Burn CDs and DVDs
Administering Linux for Users Course Lessons: Lesson 1: Basic administration skills review In this lesson, you'll review basic Linux skills as well as cover how to use them on the command line rather than in the GUI (graphical user interface). This review will work for any Linux user rather than just Fedora and GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) users. For those of you more interested in servers and getting further under the Linux hood, this lesson helps you learn how to not rely on pointing and clicking.
Lesson 2: More on system configuration There seems to be an infinite number of system configuration options and tasks. In this lesson, you'll learn how to configure printers, change which programs launch in the background at boot time, and customize your login screen.
Lesson 3: More on software management In this lesson, you'll learn about RPM, the package manager used in many versions of Linux. You'll learn how to use both RPM and yum to remove software. You'll also learn how to install RPMs that you don't get through yum, and how to use the RPM database to see which software you have installed, how to find out which files an RPM placed on your computer, and more.
Lesson 4: Important Linux commands The true power of Linux is in the command line. In this lesson, you'll learn about core commands that are not only useful to know, but that can also help with troubleshooting and figuring out where to find items. You'll learn how to work with files and the file system (a task that is often fastest at the command line), get help, and work with your network.
Lesson 5: Expanding your multimedia support Many people these days use their computers partially as multimedia centers. This used to be a painful operation under Linux, but the situation has vastly improved over the last couple of years. In this lesson, you'll learn the legal implications involved in using some of the tools under discussion in certain countries, which partly explains why some versions of Linux (such as Fedora) don't come with them by default. Then, you'll be introduced to a list of programs you may want to download, how to get them, and how to use them at a basic level.
Lesson 6: Using CDs, floppies, and even your Microsoft Windows partitions Computers don't live in isolation. You transfer files through many methods, including removable media (CDs, DVDs, and floppies) and off of a multiboot machine's Windows hard drives. In this lesson, you'll learn how to do these things in Linux, along with burning CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs and adding support for reading the NTFS format some people may have used in their Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000, or Microsoft Windows XP installations.
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