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Desktop Environments like Gnome, gnome-shell, KDE. Basic Administration File system hierarchy( /etc, /proc etc..) User management ( user, superuser) Package Management Installation of packages using apt-get and synaptic
Install Any Gnu/Linux OS using Virtual Box.
Install Openbox with Slim Remove Slim and replace it with xdm Configure the following shortcuts in Openbox environment Keybinding Application Win+f Iceweasel Win+t Terminator Win+v VLC Media Player Install tint2 and use it as a panel Replicate Alt+F2 functionality as in gnome ( Clue: gmrun) Create a symlink of all hidden files to the folder "dotfiles" and copy them to the other computer Create a user with his home directory to be stored under /home2 Change the apache root to /home/user/site Insert the USB disk and record the changes that happen to the dbus into a text file Run iceweasel ; print the pid of iceweasel (Note: Only Pid nothing else. Eg: 14321) Close iceweasel using a single command using its pid Make a text file which has a line by line list of all package names installed in the system Download xmoto source code and install it by compiling the sources Download latest linux kernel and compile it
Installing packages using the apt-get reference http://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/question/linux/apt-get-cheat-sheet.php Basic Linux commands refereces http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/usersguide/linux_ugbasics.html