Get a good overview of Linux, find out how to install Enterprise Linux 8 into a virtual machine, and then start learning how to use Linux as a desktop operating system.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Install the power of freedom with Linux
- What you should know
- What is Linux?
- The origins of Linux and your future
- Open-source software
- Choosing a Linux distribution
- The state of Enterprise Linux
- What is virtualization?
- Install VirtualBox on Windows
- Install VirtualBox on Linux
- Manage VirtualBox with the GUI
- Creating a virtual machine
- Optimizing your virtual machine
- Before installing
- Install Linux from DVD ISO
- Reconfigure or migrate CentOS 8
- Virtual machine snapshots
- Update system software
- Install Guest Additions in Linux
- Configure basic system settings
- Customize GNOME 3 desktop
- Installing GNOME 3 extensions
- Installing common software in CentOS 8
- Install software from third-party repositories
- Install non-RPM software
- Explore GNOME 3 desktop
- Customize GNOME 3 desktop
- Next steps
Taught by
Grant McWilliams
