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| Introduction to Linux | |
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| Operating Systems | |
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| The Linux Operating System | |
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| The History of Linux | |
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| Linux Distributions | |
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| Common Uses of Linux | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Discovery Exercises | |
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| Linux Installation and Usage | |
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| Gathering Pre-Installation Information | |
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| Installing Linux | |
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| Basic Linux Usage | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Discovery Exercises | |
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| Exploring Linux Filesystems | |
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| The Linux Directory Structure | |
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| Viewing Files and Directories | |
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| Displaying the Contents of Text Files | |
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| Displaying the Contents of Binary Files | |
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| Searching for Text within Files | |
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| Editing Text Files | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Discovery Exercises | |
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| Linux Filesystem Management | |
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| The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard | |
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| Managing Files and Directories | |
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| Finding Files | |
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| Linking Files | |
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| File and Directory Permissions | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Discovery Exercises | |
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| Linux Filesystem Administration | |
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| The /dev Directory | |
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| Filesystems | |
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| Working with Disk Devices | |
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| Floppies | |
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| CDs/DVDs | |
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| HDs | |
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| Flash | |
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| ISO images | |
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| Mounting Filesystems at Boot Time | |
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| Monitoring Filesystems | |
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| Hard Disk Quotas | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Discovery Exercises | |
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| Advanced Installation | |
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| RAID | |
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| Advanced Hardware Configuration | |
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| Advanced Installation Methods | |
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| troubleshooting Installation | |
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| System Recovery | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Discovery Exercises | |
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| Working with the BASH Shell | |
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| Redirection & Piping | |
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| Shell Variables | |
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| Shell Scripts | |
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| Advanced Text Tools | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Discovery Exercises | |
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| System Initialization & X Windows | |
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| The Boot Process | |
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| Boot Loaders | |
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| Linux Initialization & Runlevels | |
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| Linux GUI Components | |
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| Starting and Stopping X Windows | |
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| Configuring X Windows | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Discovery Exercises | |
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| Managing Linux Processes | |
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| Linux Processes | |
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| Viewing Processes | |
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| Killing Processes | |
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| Process Execution | |
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| Running Processes in the Background | |
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| Process Priorities | |
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| Scheduling Commands | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Discovery Exercises | |
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| Common Administrative Tasks | |
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| Printer Administration | |
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| Log File Administration | |
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| Administering Users and Groups | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Discovery Exercises | |
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| Compression, System Back-up, and Software Installation | |
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| Compression | |
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| System Back-up | |
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| Software Installation | |
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| Program Documentation, Libraries & Codecs | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Discovery Exercises | |
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| Configuring Linux to Participate on a Network | |
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| Networks and TCP/IP | |
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| Configuring a NIC Interface | |
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| Configuring a PPP Interface | |
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| Name Resolution | |
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| Connecting to Network Resources | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Discovery Exercises | |
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| Configuring Infrastructure Network Services | |
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| Network Services Structure | |
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| Configuring DHCP | |
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| Configuring DNS | |
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| Configuring RADIUS | |
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| Configuring LDAP | |
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| Configuring NTP | |
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| Configuring NIS | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Discovery Exercises | |
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| Configuring File, Database, Email and Web Services | |
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| Configuring NFS | |
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| Configuring Samba | |
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| Configuring FTP | |
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| Configuring SQL | |
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| Configuring Email | |
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| Configuring Apache | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Discovery Exercises | |
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| Troubleshooting, Performance & Server Security | |
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| Troubleshooting Methodology | |
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| Resolving Common System Problems | |
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| Performance Monitoring | |
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| Customizing the Kernel | |
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| Good Security Practices | |
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| Common Security Tools | |
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| Network Security | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Discovery Exercises | |
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| Certification Why get certified? Linux+ Certification Objectives | |
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| GNU Public License | |
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| Finding Linux Resources on the Internet | |