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USING YOUR INSTALLED LINUX SYSTEM

USING YOUR INSTALLED LINUX SYSTEM. Common Linux Tasks Installing Custom Packages Common GUI Applications Command Line Shell Directory Structure/Navigation

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Page 1: USING YOUR INSTALLED LINUX SYSTEM.  Common Linux Tasks  Installing Custom Packages  Common GUI Applications  Command Line Shell  Directory Structure/Navigation

USING YOUR INSTALLED LINUX SYSTEM

Page 2: USING YOUR INSTALLED LINUX SYSTEM.  Common Linux Tasks  Installing Custom Packages  Common GUI Applications  Command Line Shell  Directory Structure/Navigation

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

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COMMON LINUX TASKS

Touring your desktop environment

Checking out your home folder Change some preferences

Configure your panel

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.