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Introduction to Linux: Your Classroom Guide

Get your students started with Linux in this comprehensive classroom guide. Learn why Linux is popular, explore different distributions, and discover key skills for the CompTIA Linux+ exam.

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Introduction to Linux: Your Classroom Guide

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  1. Introduction to Linux+In Your Classroom

  2. Housekeeping This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY

  3. Who is this dude anyway? 25 years USAF Secondary Teacher IT Pro IT Instructor (for adults) Other: 71.4285714% done with CompTIA CyberSecurity Pathway Also holds several other CompTIA and non-CompTIA certs

  4. Historical Stuff

  5. Why Linux? #1 reason: it’s free!! It’s geektastic It runs the internet Lots of other things are based on Linux Did I mention that it’s free? • Uh … well … except for Red Hat, but that’s a special case …

  6. Which Linux?

  7. Bewildering! By Guillem, Wereon, Hotmocha (copied from old version's history)Christoph S. (redrew the image with Inkscape) Original image: Image:Unix.png, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1667764

  8. Even More Bewildering!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution

  9. Linux+ Stuff

  10. Why Linux+? CompTIA Linux+ is the only job-focused Linux certification covering the latest foundational skills demanded by hiring managers. Unlike other certifications, the new exam includes performance-based and multiple-choice questions to identify the employees who can do the job. The exam covers tasks associated with all major distributions of Linux, setting the foundation for advanced vendor/distro-specific knowledge. https://certification.comptia.org/certifications/linux

  11. YOU ARE HERE CompTIA Pathways † † † † † † † † https://certification.comptia.org/certifications/which-certification † = Shameless plug for things I teach

  12. Pretty Picture to Show Your Students YOU ARE HERE https://certification.comptia.org/docs/default-source/downloadablefiles/it-certification-roadmap.pdf

  13. Classroom Stuff

  14. You and Your Linux+ Lab What you need: • Students • Computers OK, now, for real: • Students who have a basic understanding of computers already • Computers that can run your chosen Linux distros https://certification.comptia.org/certifications/linux

  15. Selecting the best Distro Bad news: • There is no right answer Good news: • There is no right answer Popular with whom? • Dr. James Stanger likes CentOS • Linux Academy likes ElementaryOS • Others like Ubuntu, Mint, Zorin, … • https://fossbytes.com/best-linux-distro-beginners/

  16. On the Exam Objectives Specific distros on the XK0-004 exam objectives • *CentOS [asterisk in original] • https://www.centos.org • *Ubuntu [asterisk in original] • https://ubuntu.com • Fedora • https://getfedora.org • Debian • https://www.debian.org • openSUSE • https://www.opensuse.org

  17. What else do we need? Tools • Virtualization software • Hyper-V (ifyou can) • VirtualBox (free) • VMWare (can becomeexpensive) • --or-- • AWS • https://aws.amazon.com/free • --plus-- • Git • https://git-scm.com

  18. Focus Areas for the Students Hands on!! • DO NOT skimponlabs • Exam has largeamountsofpractical • More thanpreviousversions Students are expectedtoknow • nmap, netstat, iftop, route, iperf, tcpdump, ipset, Wireshark (and tshark), netcat, traceroute, mtr, arp, nslookup, dig, host, whois, ping, nmcli, ip, tracepath • Holy guacamole! That’s a longlist!!

  19. More Stuff to Emphasize Package types • .rpm • .deb • .tar • .tgz • .gz Installationtools • RPM • Dpkg • APT • YUM • DNF • Zypper

  20. Don’t forget this stuff! Utilities • chmod • chown • chgrp • getfacl • setfacl • ls • ulimit • chage

  21. And another thing, while we’re at it… Text editors • nano • vi • It’s more likevim, butit’scalledviontheobjectives 🙄 • It’snotreallyclearontheofficialexamobjectives, butstudentsshouldknowbasiccommandslike • :x, :wq, :q, :q!, dd, • and so forth…

  22. Resources

  23. CompTIA Linux+ pagehttps://certification.comptia.org/certifications/linuxCompTIA Instructor Networkhttps://www.linkedin.com/groups/8350296/

  24. Conclusion

  25. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY

  26. Contact me: Spadilla@CompTIAGlobal.org https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/StephenJPadilla

  27. UP NEXT • 1:30 PM - Hands-on Approach to Teaching Cybersecurity & IT/Networking • 2:45 PM - Industry Panel: Tech Talents, Skills, and Abilities

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