LPI Linux Essentials (010-160) Complete Course and Exams

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This lesson provides a brief description of the exam, the types of questions to exam, how long it is, and other key details that students should know before taking the course.

This quiz will test your knowledge of the topics covered in this section of the course.

This lesson provides a brief introduction to Linux, what it is, and how it is used in the workplace.

This lesson describes the concepts of the open source community and its licensing model.

This lesson describes what a Linux distribution is.

This lesson describes how distros are created, updated, and retired over time.

This demo compares the GUIs/desktop of 4 different Linux distros.

This lesson describes how Linux is used in systems other than computers.

This lesson describes which hardware to use to run Linux.

This demo describes the typical installation process of a Linux distro : Ubuntu.

This lesson details the differences (and similarities of) Linux, Windows, MacOS.

This lesson lays the foundations of open-source software.

This lesson describes the true cost of developing open-source software.

This demo shows the top desktop software and commonly used server administration apps.

This demo shows the top 10 development languages used in open source development.

This lesson explains how Linux installs software and the differences from Windows/MAC OS installation.

This lesson gives an overview of the Linux desktop environment.

This demo shows how to use common apps in Ubuntu.

This lesson explains what the Linux shell is and provides commonly used Linux commands.

This lesson lists several software package formats and which distros use them.

This lesson gives an overview of the Linux shell.

This lesson explains what syntax are and their importance to working with the command line.

This lesson describes how variables are used in the Linux shell and in scripting.

This lesson describes how special characters can be treated as plain text in Linux by using quotes and escape characters.

This demo shows how to type commands in the terminal and how to correct syntax is important.

This lesson shows you how to use the man and info pages to find information about various commands.

This lesson gives an intro to the Linux Files system.

This lesson provides some additional differences between Linux and the Windows environment you are probably used to using.

This lesson teaches you how to navigate through the file system in the command line.

This lesson teaches you how to copy, move, rename, and delete files and folders from the command line.

This lesson covers the concepts of hard and soft (symbolic) links in the Linux file system.

This lesson covers the usage of wildcards and the importance of case usage in Linux.

This lesson covers how to work with directories.

This demo shows which commands to use and how to use them in manipulating files and directories.

This lesson discusses how to use pipes to redirect output from one command to another.

This lesson covers redirection operators and the grep command.

This lesson demonstrates how to conduct piping and redirection.

This lesson teaches how to use regular expressions to look for patterns in data files.

This lesson describes archiving files in Linux.

This demo shows which commands to use and how to use them to search and extract data from files and how to archive files.

This lesson provides and introduction into text files and text editors

This demo shows how to use the commands vi and nano to edit text files

This lesson discusses what scripting is.

This lesson shows how to use commands in a script.

This lesson covers how to use arguments in a script.

This lesson describes how to use variables in a script.

This lesson discusses how to use conditional expressions in a script.

This lesson shows how to use loops and functions in a script.

This lesson covers how to end or exit a script.

This demo shows how to logically combine the previously discussed commands and script features into a working script.

This lesson provides an introduction into installing, updating, and removing software in Linux.

This lesson discusses how package management systems work in Linux.

This demo shows how to use the RPM and DEB package management systems to install, update and remove software packages.

This lesson describes the processes start and branch out in Linux.

This lesson covers how to identify which processes are running on a Linux system.

This lesson discusses which programs to use to monitor memory usage.

This lesson shows how to use log files.

This lesson describes the Kernel Ring Buffer.

This lesson discusses and defines common network terms.

This lesson shows how to connect to a network and which programs can be used to do so.

This lesson describes the different ways to test network connectivity.

This lesson discusses basic tips on how to secure the network.

This demo shows how to use a GUI-based program and command-line program to establish a network connection.

This lesson describes user accounts and their role in a Linux system.

This lesson discusses securing accounts with passwords.

This lesson describes user groups and their role in a Linux system.

This lesson shows the various account tools to manage accounts.

This demo shows how to create user accounts from the shell.

This demo shows how to modify and delete user accounts from the shell.

This demo shows how to manage groups form the shell.

This lesson explains all about the root account in Linux.

This lesson discusses setting ownership for files and directories in Linux.

This demo shows how to use the command line to set file ownership.

This lesson describes how Linux allows file and directories access.

This lesson covers permission strings and how to set the user mask.

This lesson explains how to use sticky bits.