An average student should expect to spend at least as much time studying outside of class as spent in class. Review the schedule in advance to determine any conflicts that may arise regarding holidays or travel plans. Realize that all posted dates are deadlines for activities that you will be performing in this course. You are welcome to submit work early. Try to stay ahead of the schedule; don't just keep up with it. Contact me immediately if you cannot meet a deadline.
Reading involving either the textbook or online supplemental pages should be completed before attempting any project or assessment. Exercises and review questions within the textbook are useful, but will not be submitted for grading in this class.
This schedule and any changes to it will be posted on the course web site. You also are advised to review the web pages regarding academic schedules on the .
| Deadline | Textbook Chapter |
Textbook & Online Reading | Activity/Assessment |
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| Tues. 8/23 | 1 Ap.D Ap.B |
(Course Orientation) and Welcome to Linux Free Software Definition and Help (Resources) |
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| Tues. 8/30 | 2 & 3 | Installation Overview Step-by-Step Installation |
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| Tues. 9/6 | 4 & 8 and Review 1-4 | Introduction to Red Hat Linux Linux GUI's: X, GNOME, and KDE |
Proj. #1: Establishing a working Linux environment |
| Tues. 9/13 | 1-4, 8 5 & Ap.A |
First: Review Chapters 1-4, 8 Then: Quiz 1 on Chapters 1-4, 8 then: Linux Utilities and Appendix A: Regular Expressions |
Quiz 1 |
| Tues. 9/20 | 6 & 12 | Linux Filesystem, and Files, Directories, and Filesystem |
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| Tues. 9/27 | 5-6, 12 | First: Review Chapters 5-6, 12 then: Quiz 2 on Chapters 5-6, 12 |
Proj. #2: Secure File Management Quiz 2 |
| Tues. 10/4 | 7 & 9 | The (Linux) Shell The Bourne Again Shell |
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| Tues. 10/11 | 27 and Rev. 7 & 9 |
Programming the Bourne Again Shell Review Chapters 7,9 & 27 |
Proj. #3: Scripting with bash |
| Tues. 10/18 | 7,9 & 27 then 13 |
First: Quiz 3 on Chapters 7, 9 & 27 Then: Downloading and Installing Software |
Quiz 3 |
| Tues. 10/25 | 14 & 16 | Downloading and Installing Software Printing with CUPS and Administration Tasks |
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| Tues. 11/1 | 13, 14 & 16 | First: Review Chapters 13, 14 & 16 then: Quiz 4 on Chapters 13-14, 16 |
Quiz 4 |
| Tues. 11/8 | 10 & 17, and 11 | Networking and the Internet and Configuring a LAN System Administration: Core Concepts |
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| Tues. 11/15 | 10-11, & 17 | First: Review Chapters 10-11, 17 then: Quiz 5 on Chapters 10-11, 17 |
Quiz 5 |
| Tues. 11/22 | 18, 19 & 23 | OpenSSH: Secure Network Comm. and FTP: Transferring Files Samba: Integrating Linux and Windows |
Proj. #4: FTP: Internet File Transfer |
| Tues. 11/29 | 25, Ap.C, & 26 | iptables: Setting Up a Firewall, and Appendix C: Security Apache (httpd): Setting Up a Web Server |
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| Tues. 12/6 | 18,19,23,25,26 | Review Chapters 18,19,23,25,26 Final Exam |
Proj. #5: Apache Config. |