This course will introduce students to various aspects of operating systems. This course will examine and explore the structure, basic functionality, user administration, troubleshooting, system and application software installation of operating systems. Advanced topics of shell scripting, system security, maintenance and essential services will be covered.

Learning Outcomes (LOs):

1. Install and maintain an operating system and essential system services.

2. Write simple shell scripts to perform different tasks.

3. Describe the core components within operating system.

4. Demonstrate proper use of common operating system commands.

What will we cover in? This course will focus on using, understanding and operating the Linux Operating System. To understand Linux in detail we will cover the following topics:

• The command line interface

• Maintaining your OS

• Understanding Hardware in Linux

• File Management

• Booting Linux

• Editing files

• X Windows/GUI

• Printing

• System Administration

• Basic Networking within Linux

• Shell Scripting

• Securing a Linux System

This course has been recorded for cable. Since I have recorded the course many years ago I have updated it. You might notice we are doing some of the sessions that are recorded in a different order. We will be covering a great deal of information during this course. I hope that you are ready to dive into the Open Source world and gain an understanding of the Linux OS.