In this new tutorial, Daniel Robbins, President/CEO, Gentoo Technologies begins preparing you to take the Linux Professional Institute's Exam 101 Release 2. In this first in a series of four tutorials, Daniel introduces you to bash (the standard Linux shell), shows you how to take full advantage of standard Linux commands such as ls, cp, and mv, explains inodes and hard and symbolic links, and much more. By the end of this tutorial, you'll have a solid grounding in Linux fundamentals and will be ready to begin learning some basic Linux system administration tasks.