Getting to Know Linux
A quick short course for SEAS students.
This course will meet
only in virtual space.
It is for interested students in the
engineering school. Let me know if you have any questions.
UVA Linux Security
Network installation files
and instructions plus Rescue Techniques.
Why Open Source?
Subject Areas for the Course
- Installation and Security
- Software Options
- Programming Languages
- Engineering Applications
- Workstation Configuration and Maintenance
- Unix Basics
- SAMBA Basics
- Kernel Builds
Fundamental Readings
Getting
Started FAQ, HOWTO's and Guides
Unix Basics (1.59Meg PDF)
All Safari Books are
accessible when accessed from a UVa IP address.
Fedora Project
Announcements
Free Software Magazine
Linux Journal Magazine
Unix Haters' Book Equal Time
or a Good Laugh. You choose.....
Parts of the Course
Introduction
fdisk, GRUB, X-windows
Software List
System Administration
includes Cisco 350 Wireless setup.
Monitoring Servers with Nagios
Apache Web Administration
Shell Script Tricks
Qmail - Spam filter demo
Serving Files with SAMBA
and mounting ITC's home directory
Supercomputing
ACCS Talk April 2002 on Linux as
a Desktop OS.
ITC Talk March 2002 on Linux as a
Server OS
Any questions - send Rich Gregory mail (rtg2t@virginia.edu)