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Learn Linux Quickly

By : Ahmed AlKabary
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Learn Linux Quickly

By: Ahmed AlKabary

Overview of this book

Linux is one of the most sought-after skills in the IT industry, with jobs involving Linux being increasingly in demand. Linux is by far the most popular operating system deployed in both public and private clouds; it is the processing power behind the majority of IoT and embedded devices. Do you use a mobile device that runs on Android? Even Android is a Linux distribution. This Linux book is a practical guide that lets you explore the power of the Linux command-line interface. Starting with the history of Linux, you'll quickly progress to the Linux filesystem hierarchy and learn a variety of basic Linux commands. You'll then understand how to make use of the extensive Linux documentation and help tools. The book shows you how to manage users and groups and takes you through the process of installing and managing software on Linux systems. As you advance, you'll discover how you can interact with Linux processes and troubleshoot network problems before learning the art of writing bash scripts and automating administrative tasks with Cron jobs. In addition to this, you'll get to create your own Linux commands and analyze various disk management techniques. By the end of this book, you'll have gained the Linux skills required to become an efficient Linux system administrator and be able to manage and work productively on Linux systems.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)

Terminal versus Shell

The graphical user interface (GUI) is pretty self-explanatory. You can easily get around and connect to the internet and open up your web browser. All of that is pretty easy, as you can see in the following screenshot.

Figure 16: The Graphical User Interface

You can use Ubuntu Software to install new software programs on your system.

You can use Dash the same way you would use the Start menu on Microsoft Win­dows to launch your applications.

LibreOffice Writer is an excellent word processor that has the same function­ality as Microsoft Word with only one difference; it's free!

Right now, you can be a casual Linux user, which means you can use Linux to do the basic tasks that everyday users do: surfing YouTube, sending Emails, searching Google, etc. However, to be a power user, you need to be proficient at using the Linux Command Line Interface.

To access the Linux Command Line Interface, you need to open the Terminal Emulator, which is often referred...