A Quick Introduction to Linux & A Few TermiSoc Specifics

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A Quick Introduction to Linux & A Few TermiSoc Specifics
- [ ] Philosophies
    - [ ] Open Source
    - [ ] Distributions
- [ ] But first, login (SSH)
          You can connect to the server using ssh. Or "secure shell".
          If you've ever heard of telnet, it's like that, but doesn't
          send everything in plain text.
          
          If you're already using Linux or a Mac, you already have ssh
          installed.
          
          If you're using Windows, I suggest PuTTY. putty.nl
          <http://putty.nl/>
          
          Either enter "termisoc.org" and your username into PuTTY, or
          type 'ssh termisoc.org' and you'll be be asked for your
          password to connect. If your system username is different to
          your account name, you'll need to prefix it with
          <username>@termisoc.org.
          
          There's tons more things you can do with SSH. You can save
          typing your password all the time by using public key
          authentication. You can forward all of your traffic through
          it. Or, you can connect to remote X11 sessions and use them
          on your machine. 
- [ ] Moving Around the Terminal
          Files & Directories.
          
          ls, cat, less
          
          stdin, stdout, stderr & redirection.
          
          The Pipeline Concept.
- [ ] Editing Text (A Little bit of Vim)
          You'll find 'vim', or it's predecessor 'vi' on pretty much
          every distribution. I also use it pretty heavily.
          
          * Modes
          * Moving around.
          * Deleting text.
          * Copy and Paste.
          * Extending and Configuring.
- [ ] Package Management
          Debian uses 'aptitude'. Red Hat related distros use 'rpm'
          (Redhat Package Manager". 
          
          A package manager allows you to install software that someone
          has put together. It also allows you to track specific
          versions, or just always have the latest version installed. 
- [ ] Users and Permissions
    - [ ] Passwords
              passwd
    - [ ] Public Key Authentication
        - [ ] Generating Keys
        - [ ] Using Keys
        - [ ] Key Sharing
    - [ ] Users, Groups, Root
    - [ ] chown, chmod, chgrp
- [ ] Web Stuff
    - [ ] public_html
    - [ ] We support: PHP, Ruby, Python & Perl. PHP works right out of
          the box. The others need a little bit of configuration. Shout
          at me if you want to go down that route.
* [ ] A Few Bits that make up a 'Policy'.