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| - | ====== Linux Tutorial ====== | + | ===== Linux Tutorial ===== |
| This tutorial is intended to be a practical and brisk tutorial of many of the basics of using Linux for people who have never used it before. Setting up a website, compiling LaTeX, firing up MatLAB, and other typical tasks math grads would want from the department computers are covered quickly. | This tutorial is intended to be a practical and brisk tutorial of many of the basics of using Linux for people who have never used it before. Setting up a website, compiling LaTeX, firing up MatLAB, and other typical tasks math grads would want from the department computers are covered quickly. | ||
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| By using the related tools mentioned here, you can do things such as modify your webpage, retrieve/send files, turn LaTeX files into PDFs, and all other tasks you can do on the department computers from where ever you have internet access! | By using the related tools mentioned here, you can do things such as modify your webpage, retrieve/send files, turn LaTeX files into PDFs, and all other tasks you can do on the department computers from where ever you have internet access! | ||
| - | ===== Connecting to a Linux computer ===== | + | ==== Connecting to a Linux computer ==== |
| If you are using one of the Ubuntu computers in the computer lab or in your office, there is nothing special you have to do. Just open the "terminal" application and you are ready to start typing unix commands. | If you are using one of the Ubuntu computers in the computer lab or in your office, there is nothing special you have to do. Just open the "terminal" application and you are ready to start typing unix commands. | ||
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| - | ===== The Basics ===== | + | ==== The Basics ==== |
| The first thing you should do is watch this [[https://youtu.be/Ms5sNYyejEw|youtube video]] that covers the core set of unix commands that a Linux user would use almost every day. Then search online/youtube for "basic unix commands" and work through the examples. An important set of basic unix commands you should look up include | The first thing you should do is watch this [[https://youtu.be/Ms5sNYyejEw|youtube video]] that covers the core set of unix commands that a Linux user would use almost every day. Then search online/youtube for "basic unix commands" and work through the examples. An important set of basic unix commands you should look up include | ||
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| If your LaTeX file is invalid, you will not reach the normal prompt and instead be given a question mark. You can type a capital X or "ctrl+c" to quit. | If your LaTeX file is invalid, you will not reach the normal prompt and instead be given a question mark. You can type a capital X or "ctrl+c" to quit. | ||
| - | ===== Advanced Commands ===== | + | ==== Advanced Commands ==== |
| These commands are also useful | These commands are also useful | ||
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| - | ===== Transferring files ===== | + | ==== Transferring files ==== |
| It is so easy to just use a (S)FTP program like WinSCP or FileZilla. | It is so easy to just use a (S)FTP program like WinSCP or FileZilla. | ||
linux.txt · Last modified: 2026/04/20 12:33 by asimons
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