Linux for Technical Writers

Contents
Unix/Linux Overview
Accessing Linux through Windows
Basic Linux Commands
Essential Linux Commands
Working with VI Editor
Linux Shell
Taking Screenshots (GIMP/SnagIT/VNC)
Linux Lab

UNIX
Unix is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs.
Unics for UNiplexed Information and Computing Service
Unix was designed to be portable, multi-tasking and multi-user in a time-sharing configuration.
Popular UNIX like System: Linux, IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, Mac OSX

Linux vs. Windows
Development Model (Multi/Single User)
User base in Desktop and Servers
Cost
Security
Source (Closed/Open)
OS Updates
Command Line Vs Mouse

Unix File System
Everything in UNIX is either a file or a process.
A process is an executing program identified by a unique PID (process identifier).
A file is a collection of data. They are created by users using text editors, running compilers etc.

Essential LINUX Commands

Accessing Linux through Windows
Only Command Line
Putty
Normal Desktop (Similar to Windows Remote Desktop)
VNCserver

VNC server
http://www.realvnc.com
Creating a VNC server
Vncserver
vncserver [: display# ] [ -name desktop-name ] [ -geometry width x height ] [ -depth depth ] [ -pixelformat format ]
Deleting a VNC server
vncserver -kill : display

Linux Basics
The Kernel
The kernel of UNIX is the hub of the operating system: it allocates time and memory to programs and handles the filestore and communications in response to system calls.
The Shell
The shell is a command line interpreter (CLI). It interprets the commands the user types in and arranges for them to be carried out.

Linux Shells
Shell
tcsh
C shell with file name completion and command line editing
bash
GNU Bourne-Again SHell

Screenshots
GIMP ( GNU Image Manipulation Program)
SnagIT (through VNC)

Working with VI Editor
Command Mode
Insert Mode
Refer to http://www.cs.colostate.edu/helpdocs/vi.html

Linux Lab
Create a vnc server
Size: 1000x800 pixels
24 bit depth
Modify bit depth to 8 bit
Delete the vncserver process

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Linux for Technical Writers

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