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Desktop Environments like Gnome, gnome-shell, KDE. Basic Administration File system hierarchy( /etc, /proc etc..) User management ( user, superuser) process management Package Management Installation of packages using apt-get and synaptic
Install Any Gnu/Linux OS using Virtual Box. Imagine a new user being created on a GNU/Linux computer. Please explain the file system in context to this user and how can he utilise the filesystem and suggest a best way of organising his files in pre-existing folders in the operating system. Experiment with different file systems(ext3,ext4,reiserfs,xfs) Practise following commands using various options: ps, cat, diff, ls, top, htop etc.. Create 4 partitions in a pendrive using following tools and commands -fdisk -gparted -cfisk Install following packages: vlc, gftp, gimp, filezilla using apt-get What is the command to change the date stamp of a file. Imagine a new user being created on a GNU/Linux computer. Please explain the file system in context to this user and how can he utilise the filesystem and suggest a best way of organising his files in pre-existing folders in the operating system. Change the boot timing in Grub Change default entry in Grub2(Clue: /etc/grub.d) Make a USB device as a bootable installation media Restore Grub2
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]] Complete Overview of the File system [[http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/sect_03_01.html
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