Linux is an open source operating system which is being widely used on servers across major organizations worldwide. Earlier people had been reluctant to use linux on their desktops. But, the situation has improved a lot for Linux and it has become more user-friendly and is becoming extremely popular among desktop users. There are many Linux distributions available to be used as Desktop operating system like Ubuntu, Mint, PCLinux OS, Manjaro, Arch,…. to name the few.Here in this course we are going to learn about Linux Mint desktop operating system.

Linux Mint is an modern operating system. The Linux Mint project focuses on making the desktop more usable and more efficient for everyday tasks performed by regular users. The purpose of Linux Mint is to provide a desktop operating system that home users and companies can use at no cost and which is as efficient, easy to use, and elegant as possible.

In order to facilitate the process of installing software in Linux Mint, this operating system includes a tool named Software Manager. Software Manager is an application developed by Linux Mint developers specifically for Linux Mint. This tool allows you to list, install, and remove software.

The detailed course curriculum is as below;

System information:

Linux Mint offers a graphical tool to get information about the hardware installed on your computer. Linux Mint included HardInfo for displaying information about the hardware installed on your computer.

Networking:

Configure wired connection, wireless network

Changing hostname

Getting familiar with Linux Mint Desktop:

Configuring keyboard , mouse, sound

Changing screen resolution

Changing themes

Managing files & folders

Multimedia

Mail client

Browser

Customize Terminal

Using office application

Installing additional drivers:

During the installation process, Linux Mint detects your hardware and installs the required drivers for it. Some GNU/Linux distributions don’t install or provide the proprietary drivers; however, Mint offers us the option to install these kinds of drivers.

User & Group management:

Add Users, Groups

Modify

Delete

Assign Privileges

Manage Passwords

Command line interface / Shell / Terminal:

A shell is one of the most important components of a GNU/Linux operating system. Using the shell, users can enter commands and execute programs.

Servers – ftp, ssh & SAMBA :

It’s very common for servers on the Internet to provide access to other servers and computers by using different network protocols.

File system, Storage & Backup :

Mint can work with some of the most popular file-system used by the Linux operating

system family. Currently, ext4 is a standard de facto for Linux partitions, and

Linux Mint uses it by default.

Security :

ClamAV antivirus

installing and configuring firewall

A firewall is one of the most important components in computer security. A firewall is a barrier designed to prevent unauthorized access to services and resources in a computer.

SELinux & AppArmor

Blocking access to certain sites

Managing passwords :

KeePass is a complete tool to manage passwords.

Monitoring system :

Processes and services

Starting and stoping services

Activating services

Listing the running processes

Displaying cpu, memory and network usage

Advanced administration :

Setting up cron jobs

Killing process

command alias

Assigning Port

system update

Bash scripting basics

Troubleshooting:

Checking logs

Diagnosing boot issues

Reinstalling GRUB

Testing RAM

Networking problems

Getting hep from community

(Duration:- 3h 33m)