Unit-I
Introduction to Linux : History of Linux & Unix, Overview of Linux Operating System, structure of Linux Operating system, Installation. [CO1]
Desktops (The X window System, GNOME, KDE), desktop operations.
Different types of editors, vi editor and its command.
Unit-II
Shells and Utilities
Role of shells in the Linux environment, Different types of shells in Linux Operating system,
Shell configuration: Shell initialization & configuration directories & file, Aliases, Filename expansion, Standard Input/ Output & Redirection, Pipes, Managing Jobs.[CO3]
Shell Scripting: Different types of statements in shell script, variables in shell, assign values to shell variables, Default shell variables value, Rules for Naming variables, Display the value of shell variables Getting User writing simple shell scripts to accept input from the user and display a message on screen, Shell scripts to implement various control statements. [CO4]
Unit-III
Files Systems & Linux Software
Linux Files, File structure, commands for managing files & directories with other commonly used commands, Software Management, Office and Database Applications, Graphics Tools and Multimedia, Internet & Network services, Web, FTP & java Clients.
Unit-IV
Linux Administration
Managing users, Superuser Control, System Run levels, Managing File Systems, [CO3]
Kernel Administration: Linux kernel sources, rebuilding kernel, installing kernel, Virtualization, backup management. [CO5]