CNET 146: Introduction to UNIX and Linux

  




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CLASS INFORMATION:
CNET 146-01 (037836) and CS 146-01 (037905)
(They're cross-referenced, so you may enroll in either one to be in the class.)
The class meets in room HH-114 Monday evenings from 7:00 - 10:10.

CNET 146-02 (039262) and CS 146-02 (039358)
(They're cross-referenced, so you may enroll in either one to be in the class.)
This section is online, and is delivered through Blackboard, but you're welcome to come to the in-person classes.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to be comfortable with working in a UNIX or Linux environment. This course is normally taught using a combination of lectures, demonstrations, discussions, and hands-on labs.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
At the completion of this course, with appropriate study, you will be able to:

  1. log on and off a Unix or Linux system
  2. issue commands to execute utilities
  3. navigate the filesystem to access files and directories
  4. understand basic and advanced file and directory management
  5. manage input and output
  6. modify the user environment
  7. find help for problems
  8. use vi to create and edit text files
  9. write a simple shell script
  10. understand basic file system security
  11. configure UNIX printing
  12. back up and restore data
  13. understand system processes and memory management

PREREQUISITE:
CNET 150, Network Operating Systems

TEXTBOOK: 
text pic A Practical Guide to Linux
author is Mark G. Sobell;
publisher is Prentice-Hall;
ISBN is 0-13-147823-0

IMPORTANT DATES:
Here are a few dates you might want to know. For a more complete list, go to
http://www.ohlone.edu/org/admissions/fallacademiccalendar.html

Sep 8     First day of class
Sep 5     Last day to add - without instructor's signature
Sep 15     Last day to add - with instructor's signature
  Last day to drop and receive no grade
Sep 26     Last day to apply for CR/NC
Nov 18     Last day to drop and receive a "W"
Dec 15     Final Exam

 

GRADE COMPONENTS:   GRADING SCALE:
Labs
Midterm Exam
Midterm Lab
Final Exam
Final Lab
20%
20%
20%
20%
20%
  90 -
80 -
65 -
55 -
0 -
100
89
79
64
54
 = A
 = B
 = C
 = D
 = F

 

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
As a student at Ohlone College, you are expected to pursue your course work with honesty and integrity. If you do not, I will abide by Ohlone Board policy, which you are expected to know. You can read it here. For this particular class, work that appears to have been copied will receive a score of zero.

SCHEDULE:  
Here's the plan. I may make changes as we go along.

 Date  Lecture Topic
 Sep 1
  Holiday!!
 Sep 8
 Ch.1: Welcome to Linux
 Ch.2: Getting Started
 Sep 15
 Ch.3: Command Line Utilities
 Sep 22
 Ch.4: The Linux File System
 Sep 29
 Appendix A: Regular Expressions
 Oct 6
 Ch.6: The Visual Editor
 Oct 13  Ch.6 . . . continued
 Oct 20  Ch.8: The Bourne Again Shell
 Oct 27   Midterm
 Nov 3  Ch.11: Programing in bash
 Nov 10  Ch.11 . . . continued
 Nov 17
 Ch.13: sed
 Nov 24  Ch.12: gawk
 Dec 1  Exploring Graphical Desktops, Printing
 Dec 8  Maintaining and Administering a Linux System
 Dec 15  Final Exam and Skills Test (Lab Final)

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