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Manish, Kumar, Lovely Professional University Unit 2: Red Hat Linux 9 Basics

Unit 2: Red Hat Linux 9 Basics Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
2.1 Moving Around the Desktop

2.1.1 The Menu System
2.1.2 The Panel
2.1.3 The Desktop Space
2.2 Using Applications
2.2.1 Run Small Applications on the Panel
2.2.2 Using Launchers to Run Applications
2.3 The File System
2.3.1 The File System Hierarchy
2.3.2 Navigating in the File System
2.4 Managing the Hardware
2.4.1 Detecting the Available Hardware
2.5 Configuring the Desktop
2.5.1 The GNOME Configuration Tool
2.5.2 The GNOME Control Center
2.6 Managing Processes
2.6.1 Understanding Processes
2.6.2 Viewing Running Processes
2.6.3 Taking Control of Running Processes
2.6.4 Understanding Run Levels
2.7 Managing Users
2.7.1 Concept of User Management
2.7.2 Understanding Permissions
2.7.3 Concept of Managing Users
2.8 Summary
2.9 Keywords
2.10 Review Questions
2.11 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:

z z Explain the process of preparing for installation
z z Describe the process of installation
z z Discuss Root account configuration

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