Course - Linux: Introduction

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Bromley College of Further & Higher Education

Comments about Course - Linux: Introduction - At the institution - Bromley - Greater London

• Entry requirements
  Entry requirements Familiarity with MS Windows and basic networking experience
• Course description
  General information
  
  This course provides a straight forward introduction to Linux and the desktop for those new to Linux. The course is specifically aimed at existing MS Windows users with some networking experience and concentrates on transferring skills acquired in the Windows environment to the Linux Bluecurve desktop.
  
  Course content
  
  INSTALLING LINUX
  
      * Preliminaries
      * Installation
  
  INTRODUCTION TO THE DESKTOP
  
      * Creating User Accounts
      * Removing user Accounts
      * The Desktop Working with Windows
      * The Panel
      * The Desktop
      * Background Exercise
  
  DESKTOP APPLICATIONS
  
      * The Main Menu
      * Accessories Menu
      * Graphics Menu
      * Internet Menu
      * Office Menu
      * System Tools Menu Exercise
  
  MANAGING FILE SYSTEMS
  
      * The Nautilus File Manager
      * File Manager Quick Menu
      * File Manager
      * FTP Access Properties
      * File and Directory Permissions
      * Filesystem Contents
      * Drive Mounting
      * Terminal Window Commands Exercise
  
  INTERNET WORKING FEATURES
  
      * Introduction
      * Apache
      * FTP
      * SSH
      * VNC
      * Samba
  
  SOURCES OF INFORMATION
  
      * Introduction
      * Man, FAQ and HOWTO Pages
      * Web Pages, Newsgroups & Mailing Lists

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