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- # Important Dozen of Linux Distros Every Newbie Have To Try Out
- # TICKLIST / CHECKLIST! TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
- #
- # I recommend you to test each Linux Distro with different desktop environment
- # Plus additional bonus for pro-user and a small exam checklist
- # This list is based on SecurityXIII's 7+ years linux experience.
- #
- # Structure of the checklist:
- # [Tick_here] What you have to test; with which desktop environment and packaging system; and why.
- # Speaking in a more IT-ish way,
- # [Tick] $Distro_name with $Desktop_Environment_name ($packaging_system) - $reason;
- [ ] Ubuntu with Unity (deb) - popularity;
- [ ] Debian with XFCE (deb) - stability;
- [ ] Linux Mint with LXDE (deb) - simplicity;
- [ ] Fedora with Gnome 3 (rpm) - bleeding edge tech;
- [ ] OpenSUSE with KDE 5 (rpm) - options;
- [ ] Mageia with Razor-QT (rpm) - community;
- [ ] ROSA with KDE (rpm) - improved KDE experience, online buildfarm/cloud services;
- [ ] ALTLinux with MATE (apt-rpm) - certified by government, long successful history;
- [ ] Puppy with JWM (pet) - ultra-speed and old pc compatibility;
- [ ] Archbang or with Openbox (pacman) - arch wiki portal and forum support;
- [ ] Manjaro with Cinnamon (pacman) - lightweight but feature-reach;
- [ ] Bodhi with Enlightenment (deb) - visual pleasure;
- # Pro-user also have to test or at least know the following stuff:
- # Linux World:
- [ ] PCLinuxOS [ ] Slackware [ ] Crunchbang [ ] Gentoo [ ] LFS;
- # BSD World:
- [ ] FreeBSD [ ] PC-BSD [ ] GhostBSD [ ] DragonFlyBSD [ ] OpenBSD [ ] NetBSD [ ] MidnightBSD;
- # Solaris World:
- [ ] (Oracle) Solaris [ ] SmartOS [ ] OpenIndiana [ ] SchilliX;
- # Assembler World:
- [ ] KolibriOS [ ] MenuetOS;
- # Mobile and ARM OS:
- [ ] Firefox OS [ ] Sailfish OS [ ] MeeGo [ ] Android [ ] Cynanogen Mod [ ] Maemo [ ] Symbian;
- # Other OS:
- [ ] SteamOS [ ] ReactOS;
- # Old OS + Clones World:
- [ ] Haiku (BeOS) [ ] MINIX [ ] RISCOS [ ] OS/2 [ ] UNIX/AIX;
- # Alternative Window Managers:
- [ ] Sawfish [ ] IceWM [ ] JWM [ ] Window Maker [ ] OpenBox [ ] FluxBox [ ] BlackBox [ ] Kwin
- [ ] AfterStep [ ] FVWM [ ] CTWM [ ] WM2 [ ] Metacity [ ] AMI [ ] VTWM [ ] MWM [ ] SCWM [ ] CLFSWM;
- # Tiling Window Managers:
- [ ] i3 [ ] Awesome [ ] RatPoison [ ] alopex [ ] bspwm [ ] catwm [ ] dswm [ ] dwm
- [ ] echinus [ ] euclid-wm [ ] herbstluftwm [ ] Ion3 [ ] monsterwm [ ] Musca [ ] Notion [ ] qtile
- [ ] Snapwm [ ] Spectrwm [ ] Stumpwm [ ] subtle [ ] Wingo [ ] WMFS [ ] wmii [ ] xmonad;
- # Network and companies-related work might need knowledge of:
- # Forensics distros:
- [ ] Kali (ex-backtrack) [ ] BackBox [ ] DEFT [ ] Matriux
- # Forensics tools:
- [ ] wireshark [ ] nmap [ ] metasploit [ ] aircrack-ng [ ] wifite [ ] cowpatty [ ] feeding bottle
- [ ] wavemon
- # Network infrastructure and administrative tasks:
- [ ] RHEL [ ] CentOS [ ] pfSense [ ] *BSD [ ] *Arch [ ] *Gentoo [ ] FreeNAS
- [ ] OpenWRT [ ] DD-WRT [ ] NexentaStor
- # Make sure that you know how to do the following in these distros:
- # 10 Important Exams: Are you the real IT guy? Can you pass it?
- # VGUI Work:
- [ ] Connect to internet, run a web browser, play a web-based HTML5 or Flash game or audio.
- [ ] Install apache webserver and any kind of HTML editor with package manager, edit default webpage.
- [ ] Update system software and kernel.
- [ ] Save image in web browser, open it with image editor, save with other resolution and format.
- [ ] Download audio file, open it with audio editor, save it with other quality and format.
- [ ] Convert video file from MPG to MKV using VGUI.
- [ ] Add unusual keyboard layout, new keystroke to open terminal, and add new autostarting application.
- [ ] Record a video on a webcam (or audio with a mic), then edit it with the appropriate software.
- [ ] Change display resolution, language of the system, system theme, system sounds and colors.
- [ ] Solve any problem you've met using googling by forums, wikis and different online communities.
- # Command Line Work:
- [ ] Learn how to use autocompletion and read man on 3 different programs.
- [ ] Learn about pipelines. Use at least 3 programs in a big pipe-oneliner.
- [ ] Download a webpage, convert it to text file and edit, with using just a command line.
- [ ] Search for software executable from the command line and run it via absolute (full) path.
- [ ] Add a custom repository and install any program from it. Test the installed software.
- [ ] Compile any program with "./configure, make, sudo make install" and test it.
- [ ] Learn the following tools: curl, wget, grep, awk, vim/nano/emacs, mc.
- [ ] Write a Bash/shell script with functions, variables, conditions and loops, at least 10 rows.
- [ ] Set up a DHCP, BIND, DNS and Samba servers. Check all of them working.
- [ ] Compile kernel with custom settings.
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