Linux basics
If you are not very experienced using Linux/Ubuntu, we recommend you to take a look at some tutorials available on the internet before you start. Focus on how to use the linux terminal, i.e., how to use basic linux commands such as e.g. changing/creating directory, listing the contents of a directory, copying/moving files and directories, etc.
You can take a look for example at:
Introduction to Linux and Basic Linux Commands for Beginners
Links to an external site.
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/ Links to an external site.
http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_learning_the_shell.php Links to an external site.
You can find many more on the internet. If you find a useful one that you would like to share with your classmates please let us know so that we can post it here!
NB: don't spend TOO much time in the tutorials, this is just to get you familiarized a bit with Linux… you will learn the commands with time & practice.