Introduction to Linux, Open Source Development, and GIT (LFD301)
Jumpstart your Linux development career—the skyrocketing demand for Linux developers has never been stronger.
Description
Jumpstart your Linux development career—the skyrocketing demand for Linux developers has never been stronger. This course will introduce you to the world of Linux development and give you the background and training you need to start working with Linux. If you've been thinking about getting into Linux development, this is the best place to start!
Summary
Jumpstart your Linux development career—the skyrocketing demand for Linux developers has never been stronger.
What You'll Learn
- In this course you will learn about the history of Linux and what differentiates it from other UNIX-like operating systems, what the main ingredients of a Linux system are and how to use them, the essentials of system administration, such as user accounts and groups, essential commands, filesystems, security, and more, networking and threading models, aspects of compiling and using libraries, working with Java under Linux, and more
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of Linux and its most common utilities and text editors.
Outline
41 modules
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4 Days total
- Objectives and Audience
- The Linux Foundation
- Copyright and No Confidential Information
- Linux Foundation Training
- Certification Programs and Digital Badging
- Where Does the Software Come From?
- Is it Difficult to Migrate to Linux?
- Migration Considerations
- Migration Aids and Documentation
- Scope and Coverage of System Administration
- Preparing Your System
- Procedures
- Things change in Linux
- Labs
- What is Open Source Software?
- What is Proprietary (Closed Source) Software?
- Pragmatism vs Idealism
- History of Open Source Software
- Open Source Governance Models
- Labs
- Collaborative Development
- Security and Quality of Source Code
- Users: Flexibility
- Business: Collaborative Development
- Business: Marketing
- Education: El-Hi, Public Systems
- Education: University
- Developers: Greater Visibility
- Labs
- Linux Kernel
- git
- Apache
- Python, Perl and Other Computer Languages
- TEX and LATEX
- GNU: gcc, gdb, etc
- X and Desktop Managers
- OpenStack, Kubernetes, and other Projects
- Labs
- Overview on How to Contribute Properly
- Know Where the Code is Coming From: DCO and CLA
- Study and Understand the Project DNA
- Figure Out What Itch You Want to Scratch
- Identify Maintainers and Their Work Flows and Methods
- Get Early Input and Work in the Open
- Contribute Incremental Bits, Not Large Code Dumps
- Leave Your Ego at the Door: Don't Be Thin-Skinned
- Be Patient, Develop Long Term Relationships, Be Helpful
- Labs
- Why Continuous Integration?
- Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment
- Cost and Benefits
- Tools
- Example: Linux Kernel Continuous Integration Project
- The Continuous Delivery Foundation
- Restrictive vs Permissive Licensing
- FUD
- Software Patents
- Patents and Licenses
- Choosing a License
- Combining Licenses
- Labs
- Leadership vs Control
- Loosen the Chains
- Mentoring
- Building Trust
- Why do many OSS projects fail
- Labs
- GitHub
- Public vs Private
- GUI vs command line
- Labs
- Kernel vs Operating System and Tools
- History of Linux
- UNIX and Linux
- Linux Distributions
- Linux Standard Base (LSB)
- Labs
- Graphical Layers
- X Window System
- Window Managers
- Desktop Managers
- Terminal Window Options
- Labs
- Installation
- Software Management and Packaging
- Upgrading and Patching
- User Directories, Environments, etc
- Logging Files
- Labs
- Sources of Documentation
- man Pages
- info
- --help and help
- Graphical Interfaces
- Labs
- Available Text Editors
- vi
- emacs
- Labs
- Shells
- Shell Initialization
- Aliases
- Environment Variables
- Customizing the Command Line Prompt
- Special Characters
- Redirection
- Pipes
- Command Substitution and Expressions
- Labs
- Filesystem Layout
- Partitions
- Partitioning Considerations
- Paths
- Hard and Soft (Symbolic) Links
- Labs
- System Boot
- System Initialization
- Labs
- Memory
- Swap
- Threading Models
- Labs
- Networking and Network Interfaces
- Labs
- Basic Commands and Utilities
- File Transfer Tools
- Monitoring and Performance Utilities
- Graphical Monitoring Tools
- Loading/Unloading Kernel Modules
- Device Management
- Managing System Services
- Labs
- Basics of Users and Groups
- Adding and Removing Users and Groups
- Files, Users and Permissions
- root (super) user, su and sudo
- Labs
- Filesystems and the VFS
- ext2, ext3, and ext4 Filesystems
- Journaling Filesystems
- btrfs
- Mounting Filesystems
- RAID
- LVM
- Labs
- Listing, Creating, Deleting and Renaming Files and Directories
- Finding Files: find and locate
- Finding Strings: grep
- String Substitution: sed
- Labs
- Script Basics
- Conditionals
- Loops
- Functions
- Labs
- Types of Files
- Permissions and Access Rights
- Changing Permissions and Ownership
- Labs
- gcc
- Other Compilers
- Major gcc Options
- Static Libraries
- Shared Libraries
- Linking To Libraries
- Debugging with gdb
- Labs
- Write Once and Use Anywhere?
- Installing Java on Linux
- Handling Multiple JREs and JDKs: the alternatives System
- Environment Variables and Class Paths
- Integrated Development Environments
- Why Use Package Management
- Packaging System Benefits
- Linux Distributions and Package Management
- RPM Creation
- The RPM spec File
- Details on RPM spec Sections
- RPM Dependencies
- Debian Package Creation Workflow
- Labs
- Revision Control
- Know Where the Code is Coming From: DCO and CLA
- Available Revision Control Systems
- Graphical Interfaces
- Documentation
- Labs
- Binary Installation
- Installing from Source
- Labs
- Converting Between Different Systems
- RCS and CVS
- Subversion
- git
- git and Distributed Development
- Labs
- Basic Commands
- A Simple Example
- Labs
- Concepts
- Design Features
- Repositories
- Objects and Index
- Content vs Pathnames
- Committing vs. Publishing
- Upstream and Downstream
- Forking
- Labs
- File Categories
- Basic File Commands
- Labs
- Making a Commitment
- Identifiers and Tags
- Viewing the Commit History
- Reverting and Resetting Commits
- Tidying Repositories
- Who is to Blame?
- Bisecting
- Labs
- What is a branch?
- Branch Names vs Tags
- Branch Creation
- Branch Checkout
- Getting Earlier File Versions
- Labs
- Differencing Files
- Diffing in Git
- Labs
- What is Merging?
- Merge Commands
- Rebasing
- Labs
- Working with Others
- Cloning
- Publishing Your Project
- Fetching, Pulling and Pulling
- Labs
- Why Use Patches?
- Producing Patches
- Emailing
- Applying Patches
- Labs
- Modes of Distributed Development
- Gerrit
- Review Process
- Labs
