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|<div style="background:#ffff00">[[ULI101 Weekly Schedule|Weekly Schedule]]</div>[https://scs.senecac.on.ca/course/uli101 Course Outline]<br />[http://fedoraproject.org Fedora Project]<br />[http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora documentation]
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= Welcome to OPS235 - ''Introduction to Open System Servers'' =
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= Welcome to ULI101 - ''Introduction to Unix / Linux & The Internet'' =
  
 
== What This Course is About ==
 
== What This Course is About ==
  
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This course is the second in a series of courses about Linux technologies:
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This subject introduces students to Unix, Linux and the Internet:
  
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:* ULI101 taught you to be a Linux ''user''. In OPS235, you will move from being Linux a ''user'' to being a Linux system ''administrator''.
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:* Students will learn to be proficient on the command line.
  
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:* As a system administrator, you will be responsible for installing, configuring, adjusting, maintaining, and troubleshooting the operation of computer systems. This is a lot of responsibility, and with that responsibility comes power. You will be able to change anything on the system, and you will also have the ability to damage or destroy the system.
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:* Students will do this work in Unix and Linux environments, at the same time learning to configure their login accounts, manipulate data stored in files, effectively use Unix commands and utilities, and write simple shell scripts.
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:* In this course you use a removable disk tray with the lab computers to set up a Linux system. You will also set up at least four additional Linux systems using "Virtual Machines", and therefore gain experience with different types of system configurations as well as setting up networking between systems.
 
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Most of the learning in this course occurs through the hands-on problem solving that takes place in the eight labs and two assignments.
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Most of the learning in this course occurs through '''classroom instruction''' <u>and</u> completion of '''2 major online labs''' (each consisting of multiple sections/topics).
  
 
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:* The notes that you make during the labs and assignments are your reference material for the quizzes, tests, and assignments. Take really good notes, and if you have questions, experiment and consult with your professor.
 
:* The notes that you make during the labs and assignments are your reference material for the quizzes, tests, and assignments. Take really good notes, and if you have questions, experiment and consult with your professor.
  
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:* Carefully read ALL lab instructions and check your work regularly. The labs have been designed with backup safeguards to prevent the student from losing their work. On the other hand, students may lose their work if they fail to follow lab instructions or accidentally forget their removable hard disks in the workstation's hard disk bay drive!
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* Optional (non required) Reading Materials: [http://magazine.redhat.com/2008/01/31/book-review-fedora-linux-toolbox/ Fedora Linux Toolbox].
 
  
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|Hard Disk Size: at least '''160GB'''.<br />'''Please buy the tray from the bookstore''' as not all trays are compatible.<br /><br />Mechanical shock from dropping a hard drive causes drive failure for several students each semester. If you use a mechanical hard drive, be careful not to drop it, and transport it in a padded container (e.g. wrapped in an old shirt).<br /><br />SSDs are becoming competitive in price, are faster, and are less susceptible to shock, so you may want to look for a deal on an SSD instead of a hard drive -- but check to ensure that your SSD will fit properly into your drive tray.<br /><br />Please tighten the drive screws securely to prevent the tray from jamming in the holder, or leave the screws off.<br /><br />
 
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{{Admon/important|Bring all of these supplies to each class.|Even after installation, the Live CD and Installation DVD may be required.}}
 
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{{Admon/important|Place your Full Name and Contact Information on the hard disk tray cover and directly on the disk drive.|Use an adhesive label and permanent marker, or a white marker on the black cover. No label - no marks for your labs.}}
 
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{{Admon/important|Always "double-check" that you have removable your hard disk tray prior to exiting the lab room.|You may have your hard drive tray stolen which will result in lost work!}}
 
  
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* [[ULI101 Weekly Schedule |ULI101 Weekly Schedule]] (Course Notes / Labs)
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* [https://scs.senecac.on.ca/course/uli101 Course Outline]
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::* [https://scs.senecac.on.ca/~les.czegel/ULI101/resources/resources.html Tools / Linux Distributions]
  
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Latest revision as of 14:09, 8 May 2013


Quick Links
Course Outline
Resources
Assignments
Assignment 1

Assignment 2

Welcome to ULI101 - Introduction to Unix / Linux & The Internet

What This Course is About

This subject introduces students to Unix, Linux and the Internet:

  • Students will learn to be proficient on the command line.
  • Students will do this work in Unix and Linux environments, at the same time learning to configure their login accounts, manipulate data stored in files, effectively use Unix commands and utilities, and write simple shell scripts.

Learning by Doing

Most of the learning in this course occurs through classroom instruction and completion of 2 major online labs (each consisting of multiple sections/topics).

Requirements for Success:

  • It is very important to stay up-to-date with the coursework, and to practice until you have confidently mastered each task.
  • All of the software used in this course is open source software, so you are free to use, modify, and redistribute it. This means that you can install it as many times as you want on as many different computers as you would like. It also means that you can tinker with it -- you can take it apart, see how it works, and put it back together in the same or a different way, limited only by your time and ambition. You are encouraged to experiment and question liberally.
  • The notes that you make during the labs and assignments are your reference material for the quizzes, tests, and assignments. Take really good notes, and if you have questions, experiment and consult with your professor.
  • Carefully read ALL lab instructions and check your work regularly. The labs have been designed with backup safeguards to prevent the student from losing their work.


Course Resources



Course Faculty

During the Fall 2013 semester, ULI101 is taught by:
Kent Poots
Sections A & B
kent.poots.seneca@gmail.com
Kent's class materials
Hans Heim
Sections C , D & E
hkheim@myseneca.ca
Murray Saul
Sections F & G
murray.saul@senecacollege.ca
Murray's class materials


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