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Thank you for visiting LandofLinux.com. Here you will find free guides and tutorials for all things Linux. There are easy to follow step by step installation and configuration guides for many of the popular Linux distributions. Linux is one of the fastest growing areas of IT currently, so start learning Linux today with our free Linux fundamentals guide. We cover the most popular commands, tools and utilities for working with the GNU/Linux operating system.

Learn how to monitor your Linux systems using free available tools and software. Install and configure LAMP on popular Linux distributions. Learn to make your systems more secure with SELinux, iptables and firewalld. Learn how to share files with other operating systems with SAMBA.

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Easy to follow step by step guides and tutorials for installing, configuring and managing Linux systems.

Free Linux Tutorial

Installation Guides

Howto guides and tutorials for the installation of Desktop and server Linux distributions.

Step by Step Guides for Installing popular desktop and server Linux distributions.

Installation Guides

Bash Shell Scripting Tutorial

An introduction to Bash Shell Scripting. Automating tasks with simple scripts.

Learn to work with loops, conditional logic, working with strings numbers and variables. A simple how to guide and introduction to working with the Bash shell.

Bash Shell Scripting

RHEL and CentOS Tutorials

Red Hat Linux and CentOS Installation and Configuration guides.

Howto guides for managing Red Hat based Linux distributions (RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, Oracle) Web Server installation guides, installing and configuring LAMP. Working with "iptables and firewalld..

Red Hat and CentOS Guides

VirtualBox

Learn to install Linux in a virtual environment. Run multiple operating systems simultaneously. Test systems before you deploy them to a production environment. Test Disaster Recovery procedures. Experiment in safety, roll back changes with ease. Make snapshots of your system. Guide to installing Linux into a virtual environment.

Gaming on Linux

Steam for Linux is now available (for Ubuntu). The ultimate gaming platform is now available and supported for ubuntu Linux. Install Steam easily from the Ubuntu Software Centre and start playing the latest games and demos today. For an overview of installing steam on Ubuntu follow the link.

Managing Users and Groups

One of the most important aspects of administrating a Linux system is the managing of individual users accounts and groups. These accounts generally belong to a mixture of system accounts for running services and human user accounts for accessing the system and its services. Learn to use the command line for quick and easy administration.

Package Management

Learn how to install software/packages on your Linux system. Many systems use a dedicated set of tools for the management of packages. Red Hat based systems use yum and rpm, openSUSE systems use zypper, Debian based systems use apt and dpkg. Arch based systems will use a tool called pacman.

Bash Shell Scripting

An Introtiction to Bash shell scripting. Learn to use the Bash shell for writing scripts and automating tasks.
Learn to write simple scripts using the Bash shell (Bourne Again Shell). Learn to work with variables, conditional processing, Loops, create custom functions and write interactive scripts.

SDR Software Defined Radio

What is Software Defined Radio? Learn how your Linux system can become a wide band scanner radio. Installing SDR software on your Linux system. How to use the Realtek RTL2832U chip set on a Linuix system. Learn to decode Aircraft transmissions and listen to Amateur Radio using free software.

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Welcome to the Land of Linux

Latest Updates

Ubuntu Desktop/Server

Linux Install Guides

Free Linux Tutorial

Installation Guides

Bash Shell Scripting Tutorial

RHEL and CentOS Tutorials

VirtualBox

Gaming on Linux

Managing Users and Groups

Package Management

Bash Shell Scripting

SDR Software Defined Radio

Ubuntu Misc Guides

Ubuntu Hints and Tips

Unity Desktop Makeover

Conky System Monitoring Tool

Misc Linux Guides

LAMP Install Guide RHEL/CentOS 6.x

LAMP Install Guide RHEL/CentOS 7.x

Howto Install Apache Web Server

Misc Linux Guides

Systemd Run Level Targets

Managing Services

SELinux Introduction

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