Resources

Lecture Notes

Instructors adopting the textbook can request lecture notes from the author. The lecture notes consists of one PDF or PPTX file per chapter ready for the classroom.

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Useful Links

Building A Linux for Learning

• Build a free and complete Linux learning environment
• What is Docker: Docker vs VirtualBox, Home Server with Docker
• Setting up Kali Linux in Docker on Windows 10
• How to Install Linux on Your Windows Using VirtualBox
• Get started with Docker for Windows
• Run Ubuntu Within Windows Using VirtualBox
• How To Install Ubuntu Linux On Windows 10 In 24 Steps
• Installing the Docker client on Windows Subsystem for Linux (Ubuntu)

Linux Systems

• Rasberry Pi credit-card sized Linux computer that plugs into your TV and keyboard.
• CentOS the free version of RHEL
• Gnome 3.0: the complete guide
• The Gnome Shell the new simplified Gnome desktop user interface.
• The intelligent Input Bus for switching input methods
• Debian
• Fedora (Free and Open Source)
• Fedora Magazine
• openSUSE
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) (commericial)
• Ubuntu (Totally Free and Open Source)
• Top Ten Linux Distributions

Bash Shell

• Master the Linux bash command line with these 10 shortcuts
• Bash Reference Manual from GNU
• Bash Cheat Sheet
• Bash Tips and Tricks
• Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
• Bash Commands documentation alphabetical listing
• Bash Completion homepage.
• When to use Bash and when to use Perl/Python/Ruby?

Desktop

• Tutorials for New Users of the Linux Desktop
• Gnome 3.0: the complete guide
• GNOME desktop basics
• Desktop Applications
• GNOME vs. KDE
• Gnome Desktop User Guide

Commands

• Basic Linux Commands
• Commom Commands in practice
• Online Man Pages for Linux commands
• Commands for File Handling
• Basic File Commands
• Guide to Linux File Command Mastery from Oracle

Networking

• The Linux Networking Overview HOWTO
• Linux Internet Specific Commands
• Internet and Network Commands
• Linux Internet Specific Commands
• Network Admin Commands
• 10 quick tips to make Linux networking easier
• Domain Name Service
• Samba Configuration - Linux/Windows Connectivity
• Quick and dirty Samba setup
• Connecting to a Windows share from a Ubuntu machine using the Nautilus file manager
• The Tenouk's Linux Socket programming tutorial

Security

• The ultimate guide to desktop Linux security
• A brief introduction to GPG
• GNU PG
• GNU PG Mini HowTo
• Ubuntu Beginners Guide to GnuPG
• Mutt - Signing and Encrypting Email Messages
• E-mail security using Mutt and GPG
• Submitting your GPG key to a keyserver

Web Hosting

• Apache and Appache Server Documentation
• How to install LAMP (Apache, PHP and MySQL in Linux) using Yum
• An Amble Through Apache Configuration
• Building a LAMP Server
• Install LAMP (Linux, Apache, MariaDB or MySQL and PHP) Stack on Debian 9
• Building a LAMP Server with SSL and mod_perl Support
• Get free SSL/TLS certificates for your webserver from gethttpsforfree.com
• Automatically fetch and deploy SSL/TLS certificates for your webserver with Certbot
• Installing Apache Mysql and PHP on Ubuntu
• Howto Install MySQL on Linux
• CentOS 5.1 Server Setup: LAMP, Email, DNS, FTP, ISPConfig
• Installing Lamp In Fedora
• The php.ini Configuration File

C Programming under Linux

• Linux C Programmer's Guide
• Gnu C Library
• C Standard Library
• C editing with VIM HOWTO
• Tutorial: Make Vim as Your C/C++ IDE Using c.vim Plugin
• Kernel command using Linux system calls
• LINUX System Call Quick Reference (PDF)
• Insight the GUI for GDB

Linux System Admin

• Linux system Administration Basics
• Configuring A Network Interface
• Configuring sendmail
• Configure Sendmail as A Client for SMTP
• Configure Sendmail
• How to Create a Network Share Via Samba
• Install samba and share with Windows 10
• Rsync (Remote Sync): 10 Practical Examples of Rsync Command in Linux

SELinux

• Linus security policies and contexts: SELinux: Comprehensive security at the price of usability
• SELinux Policy Overview
• Working With SELinux
• httpd under SELinux
• Linux User's and Administrator's Guide
• Introduction to SELinux: Don't let complexity scare you off
• Practical SELinux for the beginner: Contexts and labels
• Red Hat SELinux Guide
• SELinux Contexts – Labeling Files
• SELinux Commands

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