1. Introduction History Why linux? Filesystem Linux desktop environments
Root & normal users

2. Installation Live and Install media Partitioning Hardware drivers
Package selection
Users

3. System boot Boot loader Kernel & initrd loading Init Virtual terminals
Shell: introduction
Different shells
Shell and system commands
Gnome & KDE

4. Working with Files and Directoriesls
Short options
Long options
wildcards cd
mkdir/rmdir cp mv rm

5. Getting Help Man Info Whatis --help Linux websites/forums IRC LUG
Mailing lists

6. Permissions
Introduction
Ls -l meaning
Chmod
Chown
Chgrp

7. X.org
Introduction
Killing
ScreenSavers
Locking

8. Internet
Firefox
Thunderbird
Evolution
Kmail/Konqueror/...

9. Multimedia Ogg, mp3, mpeg, ... Volume control Amarok SMPlayer VLC
Kaffeine
RealPlayer
Totem
Rhythmbox

10. Office suits & others applications
OpenOffice.org
Koffice
Gnome Office: Abi Word, gnumeric, planner, evolution, dia
Gnucash
Octave & QtOctave
K3b & brasero
Games
Wine
System monitor
Top
Dictionary
File archiving, extraction

11. Graphics
GIMP
Blender
screenshot

12. System Settings (GUI) User management Selinux Services Samba
Root password
Printing
Lvm
Language
Firewall
Date & time
Boot loader
Authentication

13. Package Management Rpm Yum Rpmfusion Codecs Video drivers Wifi drivers
others
Source!

14. Programming
gcc/g++
Make
Eclipse
Kdevelop
QtDesigner

15. Pipes and Redirections
>, >>, < |
Embeding commands: ``
Grep
Sed?
mount/unmount
Fstab, mtab
Tar, zip

16. Working with Files
Cat, tac
head,tail Wc
Sort
Uniq Ln

17. Text Editors Gedit, kwrite Vim Modes Basic commands: w,x,q,q!,u-r
Emacs
Nano

18. Other Df, du Echo, environment variables Pwd Kill Date Uptime
Less, more

19. Runlevels/services init/telinit Default runlevel inittab /etc/init.d/
/etc/rc.d/
Service
System->Administration->Services

20. Network Connection wired/wireless Ifconfig Iwconfig Iwlist ifup/ifdown
System-config-network
NetworkManager
ndiswrapper
Ping
Modem
Scanmodem
linmodems.org