Getting Started With Ubuntu

Pluralsight

Course Summary

Ubuntu is a free operating system which you can run on your PC or laptop instead of Windows or OSX. It's fast, safe, easy to use, hugely powerful, and fun. This course starts with the basics: installing Ubuntu, finding your way around, and using more free software to work and play. Then we move on to more advanced topics like using the command line, building software, and using Ubuntu Server locally and in the Cloud.

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Course Description

The tech world is becoming increasingly cross-platform. Some of the best new tools and techniques are grown on the Linux platform and may never migrate to OSX or Windows. Ubuntu is a free distribution of the Linux operating system which is fast, easy to use, and hugely powerful. Ubuntu is solid, secure, well-supported, and fun. This course starts with the basics: installing Ubuntu, finding your way around, and using more free software to work and play in Ubuntu. Then we move on to more advanced topics like using the command line, building software, and using Ubuntu Server locally and in the Cloud. By the end of the course you'll be comfortable with Ubuntu and Linux, and a world of new tools will be open.

Course Description

The tech world is becoming increasingly cross-platform. Some of the best new tools and techniques are grown on the Linux platform and may never migrate to OSX or Windows. Ubuntu is a free distribution of the Linux operating system which is fast, easy to use, and hugely powerful. Ubuntu is solid, secure, well-supported, and fun. This course starts with the basics: installing Ubuntu, finding your way around, and using more free software to work and play in Ubuntu. Then we move on to more advanced topics like using the command line, building software, and using Ubuntu Server locally and in the Cloud. By the end of the course you'll be comfortable with Ubuntu and Linux, and a world of new tools will be open.

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Course Syllabus

Introducing Ubuntu
- 26m 55s

—Introducing Ubuntu 2m 49s
—A Lap Around Ubuntu 14.10 3m 40s
—Why Ubuntu? 3m 33s
—About Linux 2m 35s
—About Ubuntu 3m 30s
—Installing Ubuntu 14.10 3m 22s
—About Free Open Source Software 3m 47s
—Flavours of Ubuntu 2m 52s
—Module Summary 0m 42s

Living With Ubuntu
- 33m 51s

—Living With Ubuntu 1m 4s
—Firefox on Ubuntu 3m 4s
—Firefox and Chrome 3m 22s
—Email on Ubuntu 1m 40s
—Using Thunderbird (Part 1) 3m 11s
—Using Thunderbird (Part 2) 3m 8s
—Software and Hardware 2m 14s
—Skype and IM on Ubuntu 2m 15s
—Dude, Where's My Webcam? 2m 37s
—Using Rhythmbox 2m 59s
—USB Audio Devices 1m 49s
—Using Shotwell and VLC 2m 54s
—Module Summary 3m 27s

Working With Ubuntu
- 34m 52s

—Working With Ubuntu 1m 41s
—Creating Documents With Writer 2m 26s
—Writer and Microsoft Word 3m 30s
—About LibreOffice 2m 35s
—Creating Presentations With Impress 2m 33s
—Impress and Microsoft PowerPoint 2m 54s
—About File Formats 2m 21s
—Creating Spreadsheets With Calc 2m 22s
—Calc and Microsoft Excel 3m 16s
—Common Functionality in the Suite 2m 24s
—Combining Content in LibreOffice 2m 50s
—Securing Documents With LibreOffice 2m 31s
—Module Summary 3m 22s

Mastering the Command Line
- 33m 24s

—Why Use the Command Line? 2m 50s
—Working With Files and Folders 3m 23s
—Command Structure 1m 32s
—Files and Users 2m 24s
—Permissions and sudo 3m 50s
—The UNIX Philosophy 2m 35s
—Combining Commands - cat and grep 3m 25s
—Combining Commands - grep and cut 1m 23s
—Scripting Commands 2m 19s
—Bash Scripts and nano 3m 8s
—Scheduling Jobs 1m 28s
—Using cron 2m 22s
—Module Summary 2m 41s

Developing With Ubuntu
- 28m 45s

—Developing With Ubuntu 2m 38s
—Introducing Aptana 2m 27s
—Building the HTML 2m 26s
—Web Sites and Web Servers 2m 12s
—Client Side Scripts 1m 9s
—Building the JavaScript 3m 37s
—About Web Servers 1m 39s
—Installing Nginx 3m 12s
—Configuring Nginx 3m 30s
—Web Servers Revisited 3m 18s
—Module Summary 2m 32s

Ubuntu Server and the Cloud
- 38m 53s

—What Is a Server? 2m 22s
—Ubuntu Server Edition 2m 54s
—Installing Ubuntu Server 3m 26s
—SSH and the Command Line 2m 23s
—Remote Control With SSH 3m 31s
—Ubuntu in the Cloud 3m 11s
—Creating an Ubuntu VM in Azure 3m 23s
—SSH and File Transfer 2m 34s
—SSH and SCP 3m 25s
—SSH Config and SCP 2m 51s
—About Juju 2m 3s
—Orchestrating Azure With Juju 3m 57s
—Module Summary 2m 47s

Course Summary
- 19m 19s

—Course Recap 2m 57s
—About Virtual Machines 2m 1s
—Running a Windows VM in Ubuntu 2m 1s
—Working With VirtualBox VMs 1m 51s
—Living With Virtual Machines 1m 51s
—Futures: Ubuntu Desktop 3m 45s
—Futures: Ubuntu Server 4m 24s
—Outro 0m 27s

Course Fee:

USD 29

Course Type:	Self-Study
Course Status:	Active
Workload:	1 - 4 hours / week

This course is listed under Open Source , Development & Implementations , Data & Information Management , Operating Systems and Server & Storage Management Community

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Course Fee:

USD 29

Course Type:	Self-Study
Course Status:	Active
Workload:	1 - 4 hours / week

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Getting Started With Ubuntu

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Ubuntu

Secure Shell (SSH)

Linux

Nginx

Virtual Memory System (VMS)

Unix

Open source

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Powerpoint

Microsoft Excel

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