Site news, 6^th October, 2005

Installing the Operating System

• General Information on Installing the OS
• Partitioning your Hard Drive for the Linux Installation
• Booting Up
• The install process

Using the Command Shell

• About shells
• Basic Shell Commands, move, copy, etc.
• Using the emacs text editor
• Using the vi text editor
• Setting up the executable path
• Jumping to the last directory you were in
• Finding out how much space a dir takes up
• Giving an app more processing time
• Uncompressing tgz files
• Using the ftp client
• Using the ps command to view processes
• Using the find command

General Information

• What the root directories hold

Configuring Hardware

• Setting up Plug and Play Devices
• Setting up the Awe 16/32/64 PnP Card in Linux
• Setting up a Modem in Linux
• Setting up a wheelmouse

Becoming a Super User

• Introduction for SU candidates
• Setting up an Internet Connection