THE LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM

Unit-4:     

Operating Systems & Linux
          History of Linux & Unix
          Linux Overview
          Shell: Bourne, Korn & C-shell
          File structure: Directories & files
          Utilities: Editors, Filters & Communications. 

RP: Chap.1 Pages: 3 to 11.

Installing Linux:
          Hardware & Software Requirements
          Creating Linux partition, Creating Install Disks
          Installing Open Linux System
          Network Configuration
          Final Configuration
          Installing LILO
          Installing & Configuring X-Windows

RP: Chap.2 Pages 21 to 52

Linux Startup & Setup:
           User Accounts
          Accessing Your Linux System
          Starting & Shutting Down
          Login/Logout
          Linux Commands
          Installing Software Packages
          Remote communications
          Modem Setup

Internet Connections with Modems:
           pppd & ezppp
          XFMail
          X-Windows & network Configuration.

RP: Chap.3 Pages: 57 to 100.

Windows Managers & Desktops:
           X-Windows:
          Windows
          File & Program Managers
          Starting & Exiting Window Managers & File Desktops
          System Configuration Tools
          Windows & Icons
          Xterm
          X-Windows Multitasking

RP: Chap.4 Pages 107 to 116.

Shell Operations:
          The Command Line
          Standard I/O & Redirection
          Pipes
          Shell Variables
          Shell Scripts
          User defined Commands
          Jobs: Background, Kills & Interruptions.
          Delayed Execution.

RP: Chap.5       (Total Lectures: 16)

Unit 5 Linux File Structure:

Linux Files, File Types
           File Classifications
          The file & od commands
          The File Structure
          Home Directories
          Path Names
          System Directories
          Listing, Displaying & Printing Files
          Ls, cat, more & lpr  commands

Managing directories:
          mkdir, rmdir, ls, cd & pwd
          Nested directories.

File And Directory Operations
           find, cp, mv, rm, & ln. RP: Chap.6 File Management Operations:

Displaying File Information:
          Ls -l, File & Directory permissions:chmod
          Setting Permissions: Permission Symbols, chown & chgrp.
          Mounting & Formatting Floppy Disks
          Mounting CD-ROMs
          Mounting Hard Drive Partitions: Linux & MS-DOS
          The fstab file
          Lisa and fstool, NFS and /etc/exports, NIS
          Archive Files and Devices: tar, Xtar
          File Compression: gzip
          Installing Software from Compressed Archives: .tar.gz
          Downloading Compressed Archives, Compiling Software
          The mtools Utilities: msdos
          Dos & Windows Emulators: DOSemu, Wine & Willow

RP: Chap.7. 

Internet Servers
          Starting Servers
          Server init Scripts
          inetd Server Management
          FTP Server
          The  Apache Web Serve.

RP: Chap.12 (pages 451 to 477).

Remote Access:
          TCP/IP Remote Access Operations: rwho, rlogin, rcp, and rsh
          TCP/IP Network System Information: rwho, ruptime, and ping
          Remote Access Permision: rhosts, Remote Login: rlogin
          Remote Filecopy : rcp, Remote Execution: rsh
          Unix to Unix CoPy: uucp and related commands

            RP: Chap.13           

Compilers & Libraries:
          gcc
          g++
          gdp.

RP: Chap 23 

UNIT 6

Shell Programming.
          The Bourne Again Shell.
          The Vi editor. (The vi editor Commands to be covered in practicals) 

RP: Chap15 & Chap 17 

System Administration

RP: Chap 19

Network Administration. 

RP: Chap. 20

Configuring the X-Windows System.   

RP: Chap21.