How to start Linux

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thomastekster

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Hello!

I'm looking for some videos and films about how to start using Linux.
I want to have my own webserver and then I have to set things up with Linux.

I hope some of you have some ideas how to start?

Thanks a lot :)
 


Do you have a spare system (PC/laptop) or a VM to install it on?

Starter hints:
command man
This is your friend . You can do man {any program name} ie man apt will open the manual for apt

command ls -la lists the directory contents.
command nano is easier than vi or vim for editing files at the command line *
command tar used to extract files from "zips" has lots of switches '-xzf' will probably be used a lot
man tar is a good idea!

command tail -F {path and file name of log} ie:
sudo tail -F /var/log/maillog
tail
looks at the end of a file
this '-F' will follow the log file in real time on the console.

command top shows the processes running on a system
command grep grep finds things in things but not on its own.
do a man grep
example
Code:
[jackf@ts1 ~]$ top | grep systemd
  1 root  20  0  192592  7696  3760 S  0.0  0.2  3:50.58 systemd 
  1 root  20  0  192592  7696  3760 S  0.0  0.2  3:50.58 systemd
example 2
Code:
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[jackf@ts1 ~]$ top | grep firefox
38255 jackf  20  0 1592220 547436  65056 S  64.7 14.1  40:18.76 firefox

Learn chmod and chown. http://www.linux.org/threads/file-permissions-chmod.4094/
understand 777 555 666 752 ( why is the last one crazy? )




OK lets start !
Download an ISO of Debian or CentOS(red Hat like) neither matter but they are the two root distributions for what's out there.
Most servers have no GUI but if you chose the DVD ISOs not the minimal CD ISO you can add a GUI.
Burn the CD.
Install it.

Use it as a desktop for a bit

Next duckduckgo "how to set up cpu scaling/throttling on linux" as its probably not enabled by default
also see this http://www.binarytides.com/linux-cpu-information/


Now I'll be a little deliberately vague sorry but you will learn more by working it out and you should be getting to a good position to do so.

Debian has no sudo installed by default so to install things do a su - at the command prompt and enter root's password.
With CentOS do a sudo yum install epel-release sudo yum install httpd
With debian you probably want to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list because it probably has not removed the DVD then add the contrib and non-free to the repository
then you can apt-get install apache2 if your using debian


there are loads of detailed guides. for example on centOS
https://www.howtoforge.com/apache_php_mysql_on_centos_7_lamp

*of coarse if you have a GUI / X you can do this ( assuming sudo has been installed )
sudo gedit {location and name of the file to edit}
 
Hello!

I'm looking for some videos and films about how to start using Linux.
I want to have my own webserver and then I have to set things up with Linux.

I hope some of you have some ideas how to start?

Thanks a lot :)

Short answer: Google
Long answer: YouTube

There are TONS of videos and tutorials about Linux all over the web, including some very good tutorial articles here on this site. Look around and jump in with both feet. Becoming a sysadmin for a web server isn't a trivial thing though, so you probably need to get some basics first. Good luck, and welcome to the forums!

Cheers!
 

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