One Hour Intro to Linux

This is a quick intro to Linux that can be given to a user in one hour during a regular volunteer session. Will cover everything someone needs to be a basic user.

Making Changes as Superuser

Most important changes like installing programs need to be done under a root account. The account you created when you installed Xubuntu originally and usually sign into is not the root account. This is for safety and security.

The simplest way to sign in as root is by typing su in the terminal. It will then ask you for the root password, which is by default the same as the user account password you set up during installation.

More common though, is typing sudo. Typing it before any command will run that command

Files and Folders

The FHS

CHMOD

The Command Line

Xubuntu, our standard linux distro has GUI tools for everything, but there are a few basic commands everyone should know, and are still very useful.

Installing New Programs

apt-get, .deb packages