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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| Tu 1/3 | Distance Learning Orientation for online students in room , hourly from 4-7 PM. | ||
| Th 1/12 | Post #1: Introduction - about you | ||
| Fr 1/13 | 1 and Ap.D Ap.B |
Welcome to Linux Free Software Definition Help (Resources). Also look around the [Fedora Project Site] |
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| Su 1/15 | 2 | Installation Overview | |
| We 1/18 | 3 | Step-by-Step Installation | |
| Sa 1/21 | Proj. #1: Your Linux Environment | ||
| Su 1/22 | 4 | Introduction to Red Hat Linux | |
| Tu 1/24 | 8 | Linux GUI's: X, GNOME and KDE | |
| We 1/25 | Review: 1-4, 8 | Review Chapters 1-4, 8 | |
| Th-Fr 1/26-1/27 | Quiz 1 | Chapters 1-4, 8 | Quiz 1 |
| Su 1/29 | 5 & Ap.A | Linux Utilities and Appendix A: Regular Expressions | |
| Tu 1/31 | 6 | Linux Filesystem | |
| Fr 2/3 | 12 | Files, Directories, and Filesystems | |
| Su 2/5 | Post #2: Filing | ||
| Tu 2/7 | Proj. #2: Secure File Management | ||
| We 2/8 | Review: 5-6, 12 | Review Chapters 5-6, 12 | |
| Th-Fr 2/9-2/10 | Quiz 2 | Chapters 5-6, 12 | Quiz 2 |
| Su 2/12 | 7 | The (Linux) Shell | |
| We 2/15 | 9 | The Bourne Again Shell (bash) |
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| Su 2/19 | 27 | Programming the Bourne Again Shell | |
| We 2/22 | Proj. #3: bash Scripting | ||
| Th 2/23 | Review: 7,9,27 | Review Chapters 7,9,27 | |
| Fr-Sa 2/24-2/25 | Quiz 3 | Chapters 7,9,27 | Quiz 3 |
| Tu 2/28 | 13 | Downloading and Installing Software | |
| Fr 3/2 | 14 | Printing with CUPS | Post #3: Downloading Software |
| Tu 3/6 | 16 | Administration Tasks | |
| We 3/7 | Review: 13-14,16 | Review Chapters 13-14, 16 | |
| Th-Fr 3/8-3/9 | Quiz 4 | Chapters 13-14, 16 | Quiz 4 |
| Su 3/11 | 10 | Networking and the Internet | |
| Tu 3/13 | 17 | Configuring a LAN | |
| Fr 3/16 | 11 | System Administration: Core Concepts | |
| M-F 3/19-3/23 | IRSC SPRING BREAK - NO CLASS ACTIVITY | ||
| Tu 3/27 | Review: 10-11,17 | Review Chapters 10-11, 17 | |
| We-Th 3/28-3/29 | Quiz 5 | Chapters 10-11, 17 | Quiz 5 |
| Sa 3/31 | 18 | OpenSSH: Secure Network Comm. | Post #4: Internet Services |
| We 4/4 | 19 | FTP: Transferring Files | |
| Su 4/8 | Proj. #4: Internet File Transfer | ||
| Tu 4/10 | 23 | Samba: Integrating Linux and Windows | |
| Sa 4/14 | 25 Ap.C |
iptables: Setting Up a Firewall,and Appendix C: Security |
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| We 4/18 | 26 | Apache (httpd): Setting Up a Web Server |
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| Su 4/22 | Proj. #5: Apache Config. | ||
| Tu 4/24 | 18,19,23,25,26 | Review Chapters 18,19,23,25,26 | |
| We-Th 4/25-4/26 | Final | Chapters: 18,19,23,25,26 | Final (Unit) Exam: Proctored Exam in an |
| Sa 4/28 | Post #5: Evaluation |