Linux' Basic Use

Welcome to the Haifa Linux Club lecture about Basic Use of Linux. This lecture will cover both using "X-Windows", the Linux windowing interface, with a lot of focus on its KDE desktop environment. It will also cover using the Linux' command-line interface, because some things in Linux can only be done or are better done at the command-line.

• 1. X-Windows and KDE
  • 1.1. Similarities to Windows
  • 1.2. The Workspaces
  • 1.3. Show the Desktop
  • 1.4. Cut and Paste in X-Windows
    • 1.4.1. Klipper
• 2. The Linux Console
  • 2.1. Opening a Console Window
  • 2.2. Exiting from a Console Window
  • 2.3. The Command Loop
  • 2.4. Shell Goodies
  • 2.5. Filesystem Basics
  • 2.6. Common Commands
• 3. Getting Help
  • 3.1. The Man Pages
  • 3.2. Apropos
  • 3.3. The "Info" manuals
  • 3.4. The on-line HOWTO's
  • 3.5. Internet Resources
• 4. Configuration Tools
  • 4.1. On Mandrake
  • 4.2. On Red Hat
• 5. Editing with Vi
  • 5.1. Invoking Vi
  • 5.2. Command Mode and Editing Mode
  • 5.3. Exiting from Vi
  • 5.4. Entering and Exiting from Editing Mode
  • 5.5. Deleting Text
  • 5.6. Saving the File
  • 5.7. Exiting without saving changes
  • 5.8. Copy and Paste
• 6. Links and References