Red Hat Linux 8 Training

Red Hat Linux 8 Training

Material: Red Hat Linux 8 Unleashed, Dec 2002, Bill Ball and Hoyt Duff

Errata: Red Hat Linux 8 Unleashed Errata

Week 1: Chapters 1 and 2 (~50 pages)

x86 PC/Server Operation Review (or, How exactly does that box work, anyway?)
Important Non-OS Specific Performance Considerations (or, how to make that machine 35% faster without buying a thing!)
Fast, Reliable, Cheap - RAID/Storage, Clusters, Networks (or, Pick 2 and win!)
How Linux Works - Kernel, Processes, Memory, etc (or, What's under the hood, now that the hood's not welded shut...)

Week 2: Chapter 3 and 4 (~70 pages)

Reviewing Week 1 (or, what did you think you got but now find out you never had after all?)
Installing Linux (or, How spending 1 hour planning will save you dozens of hours later)
Different Installation Methods (or, So you lost the CD's...)
Other Distributions (or, The good, the bad, and the ugly)

Week 3: Chapters 5 and 7 (~45 pages)

Review Week 2 (or, So you tried this at home and now your machine is broken?)
The Boot Process (or, More than you ever wanted to know about getting from point A to point B)
System Services (or, How exactly does that web and ftp thing work?)
Finding Documentation (or, Where do I find out the right way to do this?)
Getting Comfortable at the Command Line (or, Whatya mean I don't get a mouse?)

Week 4: Chapters 8 and 9 (~45 pages)

Review Week 3 (or, When do I get the mouse back?)
Users and Permissions (or, Why running as root is like running with scissors!)
Investigating Running Processes (or, What made it do that?)
Basic Security (or, How convenience can cost you...)
Systems Utilization (or, How do I know if the drive is full?)
RedHat Package Manager (or, Why RPM makes InstallShield look like junk)
RPM - COmmand Line, GUI (or, Heck, this beats 'Add/Remove Software' Hands down!)

Week 5: Chapters 6 and 10 (~85 pages)

Week 6: Chapter 13 (~55 pages)