المملكـــــــة العربيــــة السعوديـــــة
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
المؤسسة العامة للتدريب التقني والمهني
Technical and Vocational Training Corporation
College of Telecommunications & Electronics – Jeddah
كلية االتصاالت واإللكترونيات بجدة
Department of Computer Technology
قسم تقنية الحاسب
Operating System – 2 Labs
Week 1 – Lab 1
Part 1: Getting Started
1. Open the home folder from the Desktop.
2. Close the home folder window by clicking on the close window button at the top right-hand
corner.
3. Right-click on the trash icon, view its properties and close it back.
4. Move the trash icon to another location on the desktop by using the mouse to drag it to the
new location and releasing the mouse.
5. Open the home folder from the Main Menu. Perform the following operations on the opened
window:
Maximize it Move it to another position on the Desktop
Minimize it Place it on workspace 2
Resize it Close the window
Roll it up
Unroll it
Part 2: Using the Desktop
1. Experiment with each of the following desktop preferences:
Background
Themes
Fonts
Menu and toolbars
2. The Firefox web browser is a popular web browser application for Linux systems. It has an
easily recognizable icon ( orange fox around blue circle).
Locate the Firefox application in the Main Menu and place it on the Panel as well as
the Desktop.
Launch the Firefox application from:
o The Desktop
o The Main Menu
o The Panel
3. Configure the Panel so that it has the following properities:
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KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
المؤسسة العامة للتدريب التقني والمهني
Technical and Vocational Training Corporation
College of Telecommunications & Electronics – Jeddah
كلية االتصاالت واإللكترونيات بجدة
Department of Computer Technology
قسم تقنية الحاسب
Operating System – 2 Labs
A background color of solid blue
Contains the Geyes and Screenshot (locked) applet
4. Create a launcher to run the text editor command "gedit" on the desktop. Use an appropriate
icon for the text editor.
5. Practice setting the date and time.
6. Practice changing the appearance of the desktop clock.
Part 3: Files and Folders
1. Use the File Manager to perform the following:
Create a new folder called testdir under the home directory
Copy the following files into the folder testdir:
o /etc/services
o /etc/hosts
Access the testdir folder:
o Open the two files there to view their contents, then close them
o Rename the file hosts to hosts.backup and services to services.copy
o Move the file hosts.backup to the /usr/tmp directory
o Delete the file services.copy
o Move the up to the home directory
o Delete the folder testdir
o Launch the application gedit found in the folder /usr/bin
2. Check the trash can and restore the deleted files there
3. Use the graphical text editor ( gedit )to type the following paragraph. Save the document in
your home folder with the name exercise1 and close the text editor.
Linux is a Unix-like and mostly POSIX-compliant computer operating system
assembled under the model of free and open-source software development and
distribution. The defining component of Linux is the Linux kernel, an operating
system kernel first released on 5 October 1991 by Linus Torvalds. The Free
Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to describe the operating system,
which has led to some controversy.
The development of Linux is one of the most prominent examples of free and
open-source software collaboration. The underlying source code may be used,
modified, and distributed—commercially or non-commercially—by anyone under
licenses such as the GNU General Public License.
4. Open the saved file and edit it by:
Deleting the second paragraph
Adding the statement ( Free Software, the word "free" refer to freedom ) at the end
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المملكـــــــة العربيــــة السعوديـــــة
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
المؤسسة العامة للتدريب التقني والمهني
Technical and Vocational Training Corporation
College of Telecommunications & Electronics – Jeddah
كلية االتصاالت واإللكترونيات بجدة
Department of Computer Technology
قسم تقنية الحاسب
Operating System – 2 Labs
Save the edited document as new file with the name exercise2
5. Search for the following in your system:
exercise1 file in your home directory
README files in the whole system
image files with jpg extension
image files start with letter b with gif extension
images files their names have 6 letters and start with letter c with jpg extension
Part 4: Using Office Suite
1. Look at Office Suite and answer the following:
The application that is alternative to Microsoft Word is ….………………………
The application that is alternative to Microsoft Excel is ………………………….
The application that is alternative to Microsoft Powrpoint is …………………….
The application that is alternative to Microsoft Outlook is ……………………….
Part 5: Getting Help
1. Research local documentation and answer the following:
Which document, with section reference, describes in detail what panel applets are in
the Gnome desktop?
Which document, with section reference, describes how to copy and paste in the
graphical text editor (gedit)?
Which document, with section reference, various ways to add a launcher to a Gnome
panel?
Which document, with section reference, describes the shortcuts keys for the graphical
text editor (gedit)?
Which document, with section reference, describes what each mouse buttons does when
using Gnome desktop?
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المملكـــــــة العربيــــة السعوديـــــة
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
المؤسسة العامة للتدريب التقني والمهني
Technical and Vocational Training Corporation
College of Telecommunications & Electronics – Jeddah
كلية االتصاالت واإللكترونيات بجدة
Department of Computer Technology
قسم تقنية الحاسب
Operating System – 2 Labs
Week 1 – Lab 2
Part 1: Creating Virtual Machine
1. Start VirtualBox application
2. Click New button to create new virtual machine
3. In Create Virtual Machine window do the following:
Type RH-Desktop as name for the virtual machine
Select Linux for the operating system type
Select Red Hat (32 bit) for the operating system version
Click Next to continue
4. Choose 1024 MB (1 GB) for the RAM size, then click Next
5. Select Create a virtual hard drive now option, then click Create
6. In Create Virtual Hard Drive window choose VDI, then click Next
7. Choose Dynamically allocated option, then click Next
8. Type RH-Desktop as name for the virtual hard drive
9. Select 8 GB for the virtual hard drive size, then click Create
Now, a new virtual machine is created with the name of RH-Desktop
10. Click New button to create new virtual machine
11. In Create Virtual Machine window do the following:
Type RH-Server as name for the virtual machine
Select Linux for the operating system type
Select Red Hat (32 bit) for the operating system version
Click Next to continue
12. Choose 1024 MB (1 GB) for the RAM size, then click Next
13. Select Create a virtual hard drive now option, then click Create
14. In Create Virtual Hard Drive window choose VDI, then click Next
15. Choose Dynamically allocated option, then click Next
16. Type RH-Server as name for the virtual hard drive
17. Select 20 GB for the virtual hard drive size, then click Create
Now, a new virtual machine is created with the name of RH-Server
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المملكـــــــة العربيــــة السعوديـــــة
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
المؤسسة العامة للتدريب التقني والمهني
Technical and Vocational Training Corporation
College of Telecommunications & Electronics – Jeddah
كلية االتصاالت واإللكترونيات بجدة
Department of Computer Technology
قسم تقنية الحاسب
Operating System – 2 Labs
Part 2: Install Linux Desktop Graphically
1. Select the RH-Desktop virtual machine and click start button
2. From Select start-up disk window click the small folder icon on the right
3. Choose the installation DVD image, its name is CentOS-6.6-i386-bin-DVD1.iso
4. From Welcome screen choose Install or upgrade an existing system, then click Enter
5. From Disc Found screen choose skip to start the installation
6. The installation window with CentOS 6 appears, click Next
7. Choose English for the installation process, then click Next
8. Choose U.S. English for the keyboard layout, then click Next
9. Choose Basic Storage Devices, then click Next
10. A warning window will appear, click Yes, discard any data button
11. Enter RH-Desktop.example.com as hostname and configure the network to be DHCP, then
click Next
12. Choose the correct time zone, then click Next
13. Enter password as the root password then click Next
14. Click Use Anyway when prompted that the root password is weak
15. Choose Replace Existing Linux Systems, check the Review and modify partitioning
layout button, then click Next
16. A window will show you the partitions layout, click Next and Format, then click Write
changes to disk
17. A window with boot loader installation will appear, check Install boot loader on /dev/sda
button then click Next
18. Choose Desktop software group and select Customize later option, then click Next
19. Installation will start now, wait until it finishes then click Reboot
20. After the installation is complete, work through fristboot as following:
Click Forward on the Welcome screen
Select Yes, I agree to the License Agreement then click Forward
Create a user named visitor. Enter password as password for the visitor account.
Click Forward
Check if the date and time are correct then click Forward
Click OK to leave kdump disabled and click Finish
Congratulations you have been installed Linux Desktop
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المملكـــــــة العربيــــة السعوديـــــة
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
المؤسسة العامة للتدريب التقني والمهني
Technical and Vocational Training Corporation
College of Telecommunications & Electronics – Jeddah
كلية االتصاالت واإللكترونيات بجدة
Department of Computer Technology
قسم تقنية الحاسب
Operating System – 2 Labs
Part 2: Install Linux Server Graphically
1. Select the RH-Server virtual machine and click start button
2. From Select start-up disk window click the small folder icon on the right
3. Choose the installation DVD image, its name is CentOS-6.6-i386-bin-DVD1.iso
4. From Welcome screen choose Install or upgrade an existing system, then click Enter
5. From Disc Found screen choose skip to start the installation
6. The installation window with CentOS 6 appears, click Next
7. Choose English for the installation process, then click Next
8. Choose U.S. English for the keyboard layout, then click Next
9. Choose Basic Storage Devices, then click Next
10. A warning window will appear, click Yes, discard any data button
11. Enter RH-Server.example.com as hostname and configure the network to be DHCP, then
click Next
12. Choose the correct time zone, then click Next
13. Enter password as the root password then click Next
14. Click Use Anyway when prompted that the root password is weak
15. Choose Create Custom Layout, then click Next
16. Choose the Free partition and click Create button
17. Select Standard Partition and click Create button
18. In Add Partition window set the following values:
Mount Point : /boot
File System Type: ext4
Size (MB): 300
Select Fixed size
Click OK
19. Choose the Free partition and click Create button
20. Select LVM Physical Volume and click Create button
21. In Add Partition window set the following values:
File System Type: physical volume (LVM)
Select Fill to maximum allowable size
Click OK
22. Choose the physical volume (LVM) partition and click Create button
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KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
المؤسسة العامة للتدريب التقني والمهني
Technical and Vocational Training Corporation
College of Telecommunications & Electronics – Jeddah
كلية االتصاالت واإللكترونيات بجدة
Department of Computer Technology
قسم تقنية الحاسب
Operating System – 2 Labs
23. Select LVM Volume Group and click Create button
24. In Make LVM Volume Group window click Add and set the following values:
File System Type: swap
Logical Volume Name: LogVol00
Size (MB): 1024
Click OK
25. In Make LVM Volume Group window click Add and set the following values:
Mount Point: /
File System Type: ext4
Logical Volume Name: LogVol01
Size (MB): 8000
Click OK
26. In Make LVM Volume Group window click Add and set the following values:
Mount Point: /home
File System Type: ext4
Logical Volume Name: LogVol02
Size (MB): 10000
Click OK
27. In Make LVM Volume Group window click OK
28. In partitions layout window, click Next and Format, then click Write changes to disk
29. A window with boot loader installation will appear, check Install boot loader on /dev/sda
button then click Next
30. Choose Desktop software group and select Customize now option, then click Next
31. From left side choose Servers and from the right side check the following servers:
CIFS file server
Directory Server and click Optional packages button, then check the following
packages
Krb5-server-ldap
Openldap-servers
samba
FTP server
NFS file server
Network Infrastructure Server and click Optional packages button, then check
the following packages
bind
dhcp
System administration tools
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المملكـــــــة العربيــــة السعوديـــــة
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
المؤسسة العامة للتدريب التقني والمهني
Technical and Vocational Training Corporation
College of Telecommunications & Electronics – Jeddah
كلية االتصاالت واإللكترونيات بجدة
Department of Computer Technology
قسم تقنية الحاسب
Operating System – 2 Labs
32. From left side choose Web Services and from the right side check the following servers:
Web Server
21. Now click Next, the installation will start now, wait until it finishes then click Reboot
22. After the installation is complete, work through fristboot as following:
Click Forward on the Welcome screen
Select Yes, I agree to the License Agreement then click Forward
Create a user named visitor. Enter password as password for the visitor account.
Click Forward
Check if the date and time are correct then click Forward
Click OK to leave kdump disabled and click Finish
Congratulations you have been installed Linux Server
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