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Presentations

Tasks

Day 2 Tasks

1.2 Day 2

  
  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
      

1.2.1 Exercises

Basic
     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 
     
       
Advanced
      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
      
References
      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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