Introduction to Operating System Unix

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Synopsis:

User level description of Linux operating system focused on the portable and common features of Unix-like systems (POSIX standard) (i.e. no particular Linux distribution is preferred)

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. history and basic principles of Unix-like operating systems

2. file system

3. processes (tasks) in Unix

4. pipelines and filters

5. regular expressions

6. text editor (e.g. Emacs)

7. scripts

8. standard daemons

9. software installation

10. management of single user system (i.e. desktops)

11. principle of X-Windows system

12. desktop manager (Gnome)

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. history and basic principles of Unix-like operating systems

2. file system

3. processes (tasks) in Unix

4. pipelines and filters

5. regular expressions

6. text editor (e.g. Emacs)

7. scripts

8. standard daemons

9. software installation

10. management of single user system (i.e. desktops)

11. principle of X-Windows system

12. desktop manager (Gnome)

Study Objective:

Knowledges: basic principles and mechanisms of Unix-like systems, terminal oriented tools, standard deamons, regular expressions

Abilities: implementation of user oriented scripts, basic system administration, system information retrieving, orientation in modern desktop managers (Gnome).

Study materials:

Key references:

[1] Fišer, J. Operační systém GNU/Linux. UJEP : Ústí nad Labem. 2006 (in Czech, Operating system GNU/Linux)

Recommended references:

[2]Herboth C. Unix a Linux. Computer Press : Praha. 2006. ISBN: 80-251-0978-X (in Czech, Unix and Linux)

Media and Tools:

any Linux distribution

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: