University Course Outline

ArabDev/EGLUG Introduction to GNU/Linux workshop

training will be split into 3 parts, duration of each part is roughly 9 hours.

EGLUG volunteers will be quiclkly introducing concepts and covering abstract ideas, Trainees are expected to work out the details on their own.

In the third part one topic is is chosen and the trainees will attempt to learn it in details, the volunteers will be there to facilitate and help.

this plan is a prilimenary one, we expect to find among the trainees preexisting experience that may require changes in the plan, we also hope to integrate any such experience in the training (workshop style).

tha training will be done by EGLUG's most experienced volunteers, these volunteers are all active Free/Open Source developers and contributors mostly working in Arabization with the Arabeyes.org project.

Part 1: Free/Open Source Software background

1st Day, Session 1 (2 hours)

Historical Background

  • History of GNU/Linux
    • Unix
    • GNU Project
    • Linux Kernel
    • LAMP stack
    • Today
  • The FOSS Model
    • What is Free Software
    • What is Open Source Software
    • Copyleft and the GPL
  • The FOSS community
    • Developers
    • Support and user communities
    • Academia
  • Companies
  • Benefits of FOSS and GNU/Linux pros
    • Macro Economical benefits
    • Low barrier of entry
    • Knowledge
    • Portability
    • scalability
    • reliability
    • Modularity
    • Security

1st Day, Session 2 (2:30 hours)

Quick Look at GNU/Linux

  • Installation
    • GNU/Linux distributions
  • Desktop Usage

2nd Day, Session 1 (2 hours)

Quick Look at GNU/Linux

  • GNU/Linux operating system concepts and components
    • Unix heritage
    • Everything is a file
    • basic compo0nents and subsystems
    • The GNU/Linux security model

2nd Day, Session 2 (2:30 hours)

Quick Look at GNU/Linux

  • Command Line Usage
    • command line basics
    • file manupilation
    • process control
    • text utilities
    • package management
    • task automation
    • network utilities
  • Basic administration
    • wizards
    • configuration files

Learning More

  • how to get help?
  • how to ask questions?
  • how to find documentation?
  • how to find source code?
  • resources

Part 2: GNU/Linux in Different Scenarios

1st Day, Session 1 (2 hours)

Deskop GNU/Linux

  • GNU/Linux in the office
  • Multimedia authering
  • Scientific workstation
  • alternative productivity

1st Day, Session 2 (2:30 hours)

GNU/Linux as a development platform

  • languages
  • basic development tools
  • advanced development tools

GNU/Linux as a LAN server

  • router/firewall
  • file/print server
    • Unix environment
    • Windows environment
  • remote access

2nd Day, Session 1 (2 hours)

GNU/Linux as an Internet server

  • mail
  • web
  • more

2nd Day, Session 2 (2:30 hours)

GNU/Linux webdevelopment platform

  • apache
  • LAMP stack
  • ZOPE
  • prepackaged apps
  • not only for the internet

Extreme uses

  • embedded
  • clusters
  • thin clients

Part 3: Specialized workshop

based on feedback from the two previous parts one area of use is identified and explored in details.

Installing Fedora Core3 From Your Hard Disk HDD تثبيت فيدورا من على القرص الصلب

I was Have problems Installing Fedora from hard i want to do that Because I don't have any CD-ROM & I borrowed one from a frind But Many Distros can't read from it .



all U want to start installing the fedora core 3 distro from Your hard disk :



  1. FAT formated Floppy .

  2. Fedora Core 3 " FC3 " ISO Images .

  3. Prepartitioned HDD with the next Specs .
    |--- 8 - 10 GB drive for root file system .
    |--- 512 - 1024 MB drive for sawp space .

  4. hd_grub.img boot disk img // get it from here . http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/mandrakelinux/official/10.1/i586/install/images/hd_grub.img

  5. rawritewin.exe // get it from here . http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/mandrakelinux/official/10.1/i586/dosutils/rawwritewin.exe

  6. use "rawritewin.exe" to make the boot disk from "hd_grub.img" .

  7. put the "FC3" ISO Images in folder like this d:\fc3 or e:\fc3 don't put them on the drive you just made to install on it.

  8. get the kernel "vmlinuz" & the ramdisk "initrd.img" from the first iso image normaly they are in "isolinux/vmlinuz" and "isolinux/initrd.img" and put them on folder like fc3/img .

  9. Edit menu.lst on the boot floppy that You have made to be like this :

    timeout 100 # time befor auto boot
    default 0 # defualt selection
    fallback 1 # i don't know

    title Fedora Install # main selection
    root (hd0,4) # change "4" to the partition holding ISO images normaly
    c:\ = 0 , D:\ = 4 , E:\ = 5 and so on " in some cases you have to try numbers from 0 to 9 "
    kernel /fc3/img/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=128000 root=/dev/ram3 acpi=ht vga=788 # the path to vmlinuz "the kernel Binary" don't use drive letters .
    automatic=method:disk
    initrd /fc3/img/initrd.img # the path to the initrd.img

  10. Reboot and boot from the Disk and when the installer ask you about the installation Method choose "Hard Drive" and choose the drive that holds the ISO images & enter the name of the folder in the blue text box.

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