Runnning Linux 3rd Ed. and vi Editor Pocket Reference will be sent to each participants for self study before the workshop. We will be more specific about the homework in a few days.

** Reading **
  LINUX	Chapter 1 Introduction to Linux

	This chapter describes the fundamental concept of Linux
	operating system, and this concept is not focused on the
	technical issue. So this chapter is not as important as
	other chapters. But it's still interesting to know about
	the philosophy of linux and what is linux. Please read
	this chapter at ease.

** Practice **
  LINUX	Chapter 4 Basic Unix Commands and Concepts

	I heard that all of your site has some UNIX machines.
	Please use UNIX commands which is described in this chapter.
	And be familiar with these commands. Commands in this
	chapter are basic commands, so you can try them on either
	FreeBSD or Linux system.
 
  * the concept of logging in and logging out("Logging In")
  * how to change a password(passwd)
  * Basic commands(pwd, cd, mkdir, rmdir, rm, ls, cat, more,
			less, ln -s)
  * the concept of shells(chsh)
  * "Useful Keys and How to Get Them to Work" -- NOT IMPORTANT, you can skip
  * the concept of Typing Shortcuts("Typing Shortcuts")
  * the basic concept of regular expression("Filename Expansion")
  * the concept of redirection and pipe("Saving Your Output")
  * the concept of commands("What Is a Command?")
  * the concept of job control(fg, bg, kill, jobs, Ctrl-z)
  * How to read manual pages(man, apropos, info)
  * the concept of file ownership and permissions(chown, chgrp, chmod)
  * user environment configuration file("Startup Files")
  * Important directories for UNIX system("Important Directories")
  * "Programs That Serve You" --NOT IMPORTANT, you can skip
  * the concept of process control(ps, kill)

  LINUX	Chapter 9 Editors, Text Tools, Graphics, and Printing

	This chapter describes editors on UNIX systems and so on.
	Please read only vi section and use vi to edit files.
	You don't need to read other editor "emacs", document
	processing(TeX, roff), WYSIWYG type tools, and graphical
	tools unless you have an interest. We are not deal with
	these topics during this workshop.

	Please refer "vi Editor Pocket Reference" during your
	practice. vi command has various kinds of commands that
	are not treated in the Linux book. Be familiar with vi editor
	to edit files quickly.