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USING YOUR INSTALLED LINUX SYSTEM
Common Linux Tasks
Installing Custom Packages
Common GUI Applications
Command Line Shell
Directory Structure/Navigation Pt.1
Directory Structure/Navigation Pt.2 (Difference with Windows)
COMPONENTS
COMMON LINUX TASKS
Touring your desktop environment
Checking out your home folder Change some preferences
Configure your panel
INSTALLING AND USING CUSTOM PACKAGES (APPLICATIONS)
Setup Yum Locally to install from Media
Installing software using rpm and source
Starting applications from a menu
Starting applications from a Run Program window
Starting applications from a Terminal window
COMMON GUI APPLICATIONS
Windows-Equivalent Linux Applications
Windows Applications Linux Applications
Microsoft Office (office productivity suite) OpenOffice (openoffice.org)Koffice
Microsoft Word (word processor) OpenOffice WriterabiWordkword
Microsoft Excel (spreadsheet) OpenOffice Calcgnumerickspread
Microsoft Powerpoint (presentation) OpenOffice Impresskpresenter
Microsoft Internet Explorer(Web browser)
mozillaepiphanykonqueroropera
Microsoft Outlook (e-mail reader) evolutionkmailMozilla Mail
Adobe Photoshop (image editor) The Gimp (gimp)
Quicken or Microsoft Money gnucash
COMMAND LINE SHELL
Accessing the shellNo GUI A Terminal window
Checking your login session id who whoami
Checking directories and permissions pwd ls echo $HOME
Checking system activity ps -aux
DIRECTORY STRUCTURE/NAVIGATION PT.1
/bin — Contains common Linux user commands, such as ls, sort, date, and chmod.
/boot — Has the bootable Linux kernel and boot loader configuration files (GRUB).
/dev — Contains files representing access points to devices on your systems.
/etc — Contains administrative configuration files.
/home — Contains directories assigned to each user with a login account.
/mnt — Provides a location for mounting devices, such as remote file systems and removable media.
/root — Represents the root user's home directory.
/sbin — Contains administrative commands and daemon processes.
/tmp — Contains temporary files used by applications.
/usr — Contains user documentation, games, graphical files (X11), libraries (lib).
/var — Contains directories of data used by various applications.
DIRECTORY STRUCTURE/NAVIGATION PT.2 (DIFFERENCE WITH WINDOWS)
Windows Linux
C:\home\chris /home/chris
Filenames almost always have suffixes in DOS (.txt). Makes no required meaning.
DOS and MS Windows began as single-user systems; file ownership was not built into those systems when they were designed.
Every file and directory in a Linux system has permissions and ownership associated with it.