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Linux Installation and Initial Configuration

by Andrew Mallett

Learning to work with and master multiple Linux distributions. This is the 1st of 4 courses that will prepare you for the LPIC-1 and CompTIA Linux+ certification.

What you'll learn

This course will help you see how much you can enjoy system administration, and how there is a life outside of your current role. Linux is prevalent, it is at the heart of "the cloud" and is hosting companies both big and small. In a recent survey, 93-percent of employers suggested that they plan to hire a Linux professional. This course is designed to get you up and running with Linux starting with the install, and passing through to basic management such as installing software and managing the file system. Being able to see these tasks completed in different Linux flavors will help you understand which Linux distribution is best for you, and prepare you for the vendor neutral certification for the LPI (Linux Professional Institute). This is an administration course, so basic concepts of system administration are expected, but prior knowledge of Linux or Unix systems is not required. We at Pluralsight would like you to again understand the enjoyment that system administration once gave you.

Table of contents

Course Introduction
20mins
Linux Distributions
21mins
Installing Linux
40mins
Determine Hardware Settings
33mins
Managing the Boot Loader and Understanding Run Levels
71mins
Software and Package Management
41mins
Management of Shared Software Libraries
21mins
Understanding and Managing the Linux File System
49mins
Virtual Memory and File System Tools
42mins
Controlling Access to File Systems
37mins

About the author

Andrew Mallett

Andrew is an all around Linux professional with in depth knowledge of the OS and this is supported with scripting in bash, perl, python and ruby and application development in C, C++ and Java. Having worked for many years in training, Andrew has developed automated course build systems after endless time wasted on Friday nights. The first build system he built was aptly named "Friday nights." This has inspired his interest in all things deployment related. He has authored training courses on M... more

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