Linux

Introductions

• introductions of two to three students

Options for running Linux

1. You already run Linux on an x86 machine. You should be set. :-)

2. You have a Windows machine running on an x86 chip. You can easily setup a VM using VMWare, VirtualBox, or a few other solutions. We Recommend you use a pre-built virtual machine but you can likely use Ubuntu or another distribution just fine.

3. You have a Mac running Apple silicon. We recommend using a VPS provider in this case. You can use AWS if you like, I prefer the simplicity of Digital Ocean. You can setup a basic Ubuntu machine or you can see instructions for running Kali on Digital Ocean.

Learning Linux

We will use the Linux Practice homework to show you how to get started with Linux.

Survey

• Quick survey on Linux background for the class:

  • 1: Newbie
  • 2: Some exposure
  • 3: Lots of exposure
  • 4: Use it every day

Linux Journey

Review of the Linux Journey materials.

Discussion

• How does the command line give you access to basic OS functionality?
  • file system
  • access control
  • processes