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Linux Training Materials - Download

New Module: "Job Control Tools"
Thanks to sponsorship from Linux User Magazine you can now
Download the new ("Special Topics") module, plus revised versions of virtually all our existing Linux Training materials by clicking here.

PLEASE NOTE: the materials currently held on this site are intended only for professional trainers with an expert knowledge of Linux. At present we do not have introductory material that will be directly useful for a beginner. If you are looking for an introduction to Linux and do not already have experience of its use, you will probably find it more productive to start with one of the many good books available. The Linux Documentation Project may also prove to be useful starting-point.

You can download free copies of our Linux Training Materials from here. Details of their contents can be found on the current releases section of the news page.

Downloading implies your agreement to the terms of the Linux Training Materials Copying Licence. This licence is based on the Linux Documentation Project Copying License and is detailed on the Licence page. It allows you to freely copy, distribute, or modify these materials and to use them for training, subject to a few restrictions. The most obvious are:

  • Copyright remains with the author
  • The licence must be completely reproduced on any full or partial copy
  • Derivative work must be approved by the author
To save bandwidth, the source files for current course modules are distributed in a single gzip-compressed tar archive (linux_training.tar.gz). Details on how to extract them is provided on the Extract page.

NB: If you have problems downloading this file then check this page.

The `tarball' contains 2 basic types of file:

  • Text-based LaTeX files (.tex) containing the lecture notes and their formatting instructions
  • Encapulated postscript graphics files (.eps) containing the illustrations.
Details on how to process these files for viewing and printing are given on the Print and View page.

We may eventually release materials in SGML/XML/HTML, but this is not an immediate prospect. We have no intentions of releasing open-source materials in proprietary formats.



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