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Linux courses can help you learn system administration, shell scripting, file management, and network configuration. You can build skills in user permissions, process management, and troubleshooting system issues. Many courses introduce tools like the command line interface, Git for version control, and various Linux distributions, providing practical experience in managing servers and automating tasks.


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    Packt

    Linux Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Linux, Linux Administration, Linux Commands, File Management, User Accounts, OS Process Management, Unix Shell, Command-Line Interface, General Networking, Shell Script, Operating Systems, Scripting, System Monitoring

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    10 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Linux for Cloud and DevOps Engineers

    Skills you'll gain: Linux Administration, Package and Software Management, Linux, User Accounts, Operating System Administration, System Monitoring, Linux Commands, Amazon Web Services, Unix Commands, Network Troubleshooting, File Management, Command-Line Interface, File Systems, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, TCP/IP, Systems Administration, Shell Script, General Networking, Service Management, Software Installation

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Meta

    Meta Front-End Developer

    Skills you'll gain: User Research, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), User Experience Design, User Experience, Design Research, Linux Commands, Usability, Debugging, User Interface (UI), Software Versioning, Software Visualization, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Pseudocode, JavaScript Frameworks, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Javascript, Web Applications, Event-Driven Programming, Unit Testing, Application Programming Interface (API)

    Build toward a degree

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    24K reviews

    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Pearson

    Linux Networking - Basics and Beyond: Unit 1

    Skills you'll gain: OSI Models, TCP/IP, Network Protocols, Linux, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Virtual Networking, Network Analysis, Linux Administration, Virtual Machines, General Networking, Linux Commands, System Configuration, Network Architecture, Computer Networking, Command-Line Interface, Software Installation

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Getting Started with Linux Terminal

    Skills you'll gain: Linux Commands, Linux, Unix Commands, Command-Line Interface, File Management, System Configuration, Linux Administration, Package and Software Management, DevOps

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    158 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    The Linux Foundation

    Linux Tools for Developers

    Skills you'll gain: Bash (Scripting Language), File Systems, Package and Software Management, Linux, Command-Line Interface, Unix Commands, Linux Commands, Shell Script, Scripting, Software Development Tools, File Management, Scripting Languages, Program Development, System Programming, Java, Debugging

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    734 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    EDUCBA

    Introduction to Unix and Linux Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Command-Line Interface, Unix Shell, Unix Commands, Unix, Linux, File Management, File Systems, File I/O, Systems Architecture, Computer Architecture

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    15 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Packt

    Advanced Linux Networking and Security

    Skills you'll gain: Linux Administration, Docker (Software), Containerization, Linux, Network Troubleshooting, Linux Servers, Ansible, Kubernetes, Authentications, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Network Administration, System Configuration, Remote Access Systems, Multi-Factor Authentication, Network Protocols, Network Security, Security Controls, Firewall, Web Servers, Encryption

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    10 reviews

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Status: AI skills
    AI skills
    I

    IBM

    IBM Back-End Development

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud Deployment, Software Development Life Cycle, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Istio, Linux Commands, Software Architecture, Application Deployment, Kubernetes, NoSQL, Bash (Scripting Language), Restful API, MongoDB, Shell Script, Django (Web Framework), Object-Relational Mapping, Git (Version Control System), Grafana, Microservices, Data Import/Export, Python Programming

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    53K reviews

    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Dartmouth College

    Linux Basics: The Command Line Interface - 6

    Skills you'll gain: Command-Line Interface, Linux Commands, Linux, Embedded Systems, Linux Servers, Computer Engineering, File Systems, Unix, Operating Systems, C (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Open Source Technology

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    34 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    IBM

    Linux System Administration with IBM Power Systems

    Skills you'll gain: Linux Administration, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, Operating System Administration, IBM Cloud, Linux Commands, Virtualization, Systems Administration, Virtual Machines, Cloud Computing, System Monitoring, Software Installation, System Configuration

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    136 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Duke University

    Linux and Bash for Data Engineering

    Skills you'll gain: Bash (Scripting Language), Linux Commands, Shell Script, Linux, Linux Administration, Unix Shell, File Management, Unix, Unix Commands, Scripting, File Systems, Command-Line Interface, Scripting Languages, Remote Access Systems, Data Manipulation, Data Processing, Data Management, Development Environment

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    132 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular linux courses

  • Linux Fundamentals: Packt
  • Linux for Cloud and DevOps Engineers: Packt
  • Meta Front-End Developer: Meta
  • Linux Networking - Basics and Beyond: Unit 1: Pearson
  • Getting Started with Linux Terminal: Coursera
  • Linux Tools for Developers: The Linux Foundation
  • Introduction to Unix and Linux Fundamentals: EDUCBA
  • Advanced Linux Networking and Security: Packt
  • IBM Back-End Development: IBM
  • Linux Basics: The Command Line Interface - 6: Dartmouth College

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