1. Installation and use of Linux as a client and server operating system: a tutorial AMCIS 99Al Bento

2. Introduction  What is Linux “a free PC (an others) UNIX clone”  Visual tour of Linux with KDE  KDE desktop environment  an exampleexample  control center control center  applications applications  Freeware client applications WordPerfect, Star Office, Netscape, WXftp, File Manager, games, etc. WordPerfectStar OfficeNetscapeWXftp File Manager

3. Hardware requirements  Typical PC configurations client and server machines  The do’s and don’ts of hardware selectionhardware selection  On-line resources  hardware compatibility and  installation under Linux.  Hardware with Linux installed  Dell, VA Research, etc.

4. Software (Linux) installation  Distributions RedHat, Caldera and Suse  Client installation using the RedHat distributioninstallation using the RedHat  before you begin  the client class installation  after the installation  Server installation  using the RedHat server class  building up from the client class

5. Client software installation  Productivity  Office applications WordPerfect, Star Office Office applications  Internet Netscape, WXftp, telnet, chat, and network tools  Graphical Xv, GIMP, Ghostscript, Tetex-LateX, etc  Programming BASIC, Fortran, C, C++, perl, python, TCL, tk

6. Desktop (window managers) software installation  The many GUI options AfterStep, GNOME and KDE  The KDE desktop environment  Obtaining and installing KDE Obtaining and installing KDE  Documentation On-line and printed  System requirements cpu, memory, and graphics card  how about the command line interface?

7. Server software installation  What comes with most distributions telnet, ftp, mail, web, and DB servers telnet, ftp  Additional free servers DB/SQL, Audio/Video Streaming, etc.  Server setup example: Apache Web serverApache Web server  Other commercial servers Oracle, Informix, DB2, SAP R/3, HP Firehunter, etc

8. Windows and Linux interoperability  SAMBA protocol  allows a machine running UNIX or Linux to provide services using Microsoft networking protocols  the Linux machine is shown as a member (or server) in a Windows network, including in the Network Neighborhood tool  files and printers can be shared among both types of machines  seamless integration between Windows and Linux  Installation and Setup Installation and Setup  TkSmb graphical interface