Linux course for IFOA
The course funded by the Emilia Romagna Region and organized with IFOA Reggio Emilia, aims at the management to administration of Linux computer systems
Materials
The reference distribution will be Debian, one of the largest distributions available, it offers a huge possibility of customization and repository-installable packages as well as an excellent support based on a large community
The text of used is Administering Gnu/Linux by Simone Piccardi, excellent book that is also used for LPIC 1 certification is also available for the buy on Truelite's website.
Main topics:
- Presentation of Unix and Linux operating systems and distributions
- Partitioning and installation
- Shell: Basic commands
- Package manuals
- Text editors
- Configuring networking
- Software application management
- Using packet managers, DEB and RPM
- Disk and file system management and Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS)
- Boot Manager, GRUB
- User Management
- Processes
- System Configuration and Logs
- Startup Scripts
- Printing
- Backup Procedures
You can also read the detailed Linux course schedule, which will be updated as the course progresses, but still represents the broad themes, will be modified in a few parts based on direct experiences during the course
Manuals, Related Texts and Videos
- Debian Documentation, collects links to manuals, How-tos, FAQs, directly developed and maintained by the Debian project, usually very up-to-date on the latest releases, much of it in Italian
- The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric Raymond - Short but very interesting analysis of how an opensource project evolved, from birth to fame
- Revolution OS by J.T.S. Moore - Documentary about free software and the movement that created it.
Course Grades
To monitor the satisfaction of participants in our courses, we submit timely online questionnaires (anonymous and automated) designed to check the progress of the course and any problems so that we can intervene as quickly as possible
For funded courses, we are also subject to audits to ensure satisfaction above 80%
