Linux 7 - Debian Package Management

• dpkg
• dpkg-reconfigure
• APT
  • apt-get, apt-cache
  • configuration
• aptitude

Linux 6 - Manage Shared Libraries

• what are shared libraries
• determining associated libraries
• configuring system
• ldd, lddconfig
• ld.so.cache, ld.so.conf.d

Linux 5 - The Boot Manager

• LILO
• GRUB
• BackUP the MBR

Linux 4 – Hard Disk Layout

• Partitons and Disk
• Filesystems
• mount points
• swap space
• design considerations

Linux 3 - Runlevels and Rebooting

• runlevels
• inittab
• init.d
• init / telinit
• reboot
• shutdown
• upstart

Linux 2 - Boot The System

• BIOS
• Bootloader
• Kernel
• dmesg
• /var/log/messages
• init

Linux 1 – Hardware Settings and Configuring Settings

In order to have a better understanding of GNU Linux we would need to understand it’s ways of seeing the hardware devices attached to the system.