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Learning Ubuntu Linux
on-demand course

Learning Ubuntu Linux

with Ric Messier
January 2014
Beginner content levelBeginner
5h 23m
English
Infinite Skills
Closed Captioning available in English

Overview

In this Ubuntu Linux training course, expert author Ric Messier will take you through this free operating system, teaching you valuable knowledge to help transform this operating system into a useful working tool.
You will start out by learning how to obtain and successfully install Ubuntu Linux. You will then take a tour of the desktop, looking closely at the panel, dock, running graphical programs, and using the display manager, among others. Ric will then teach you about file and system management, showing you how to copy, move, and rename, locate and edit files, as well as adding and changing users. This video tutorial will teach you about networking and security, such as troubleshooting, changing name servers, and using Netcat. Finally, there is a chapter on advanced tasks, which include Bash, Perl, Python, and Ruby scripting, and how to write C programs.
By the conclusion of this computer based training course, you will have the necessary knowledge and skills needed to navigate your way through this operating system and be able to take full advantage of the powerful features available in Ubuntu Linux.

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ISBN: 9781771371964Errata Page