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Linux Fundamentals

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Linux Fundamentals

J Jackson

Instructor: J Jackson

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

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2 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

2 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

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October 2026

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1 assignment

Taught in English

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There are 7 modules in this course

This course is an introduction to the Linux operating system. In this first module, we briefly describe the Linux operating system. You’ll explore the Linux OS, different industries that use Linux, virtualization, the Windows OS, and installing and using Mint Linux — an excellent flavor of Linux for beginners. We begin to describe the Linux architecture with the boot process before we move on to an exploration of the structure of the Linux OS, permissions and an in-depth look at directories.

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30 videos

In this module, we explore a wide assortment of commands to navigate and manipulate files and directories. The instructor will demonstrate the most important commands in Linux, including man, sed, grep, cut and pipe. Finally, we look at system commands for the Linux operating system.

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38 videos

This module covers critical concepts in account management. These include commands, skeletons, groups and special commands to add and remove users and groups.

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5 videos

In Linux, every command and program has a process. There are two types of processes: parent processes and child processes. This module explores processes, jobs, process states and more.

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6 videos

This module dives into common security vulnerabilities in Linux. We’ll explore privilege escalation (going from a standard user to a privileged user), overly permissive files and directories and exploiting sudo and SUID permissions.

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4 videos

This module dives deeper into the topic of networking in Linux. Beginning with a primer on TCP/IP, we look at DCHP, network connectivity with the ping command, IP routing tables and DNS with the dig command.

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6 videos

Bash scripting allows for the student/professional to automate mundane tasks. In this final module, we cover Bash scripting. Beginning with a quick primer on vi, we explore variables, input validation, conditional statements and more.

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6 videos1 assignment

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