FA
It is a perfect course for the beginners. I learned a lot in a very easy way. The better option would be to try labs on VMware by downloading an .iso file of ubuntu.

This specialization is intended for beginners to learn how to become proficient in Linux programming. It will prepare you for a role as an information technology professional by introducing you to the Linux operating system. You will explore creating security through backups and redundancy, securing the perimeter of your network and systems, and managing a system with the Linux OS installed.

FA
It is a perfect course for the beginners. I learned a lot in a very easy way. The better option would be to try labs on VMware by downloading an .iso file of ubuntu.
M
This course is very useful in term of managing Linux, and I give five stars for the reason is very helped in my career.
RD
This was a really good course I learned a lot of things that I did not know especially about ACL's and firewalls. clear explanations good presentation
NA
Just an overview of the topics. Could have explained tools in detail
PK
Good course which can give brief as well as overall understanding of how to operate Linux
PM
learned a lot of new things on this course. though i manage linux servers i still enjoyed taping from the core itself.
CC
The instructor was clear and the adding of the slides and extra access to materials were an absolute win for me. Thanks You-Cathy C
EM
Good but I don't like pretty much the way videos were done (sometimes just feels like teacher is just reading). Anyways good content. Hope I can get my LFCA succesfully.
MA
My problem is not about the course. it's about Coursera grading policy. it is super easy to achieve the certificate without knowing anything
CA
teaches an outlook of what to expect when learning how to manage linux systems
JP
Excellent course with clear, short explainations about the main linux security topics. I feel comfortable to use Ubuntu linux now. Thanks a lot...
QJ
If you're new to Linux, the fundamental training here is good. I am now able to navigate command line with greater confidence and have some knowledge in how to edit and search file and folders.
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Extremely dissapointed :(
This course starts off pretty good with the history of Linux and goes over some popular commands. However the after the first lesson this course really tails off. Most of the lessons require the user to read through material on their own because the video don't go into much depth at all. The labs are incredbily lacking with no true concrete examples. The labs are just "free time" for the user to explore rather than practice and apply commands to gain meaningful knoweldge.
Don't waste your time on this course ... FreeCodeCamp and YouTube videos are much better in my opinion.
Limited examples and discussion of key methods and concepts. References to sources such as Wikipedia undermine the course, in fact none of the reading materials are adequately discussed or demonstrated in the lab.
It was really brief overview - please focus on both adding more practical task to accomplish ( would be great to compare the with the key, rather than do what you wont to do), sharing greatewr quality of Lab videos - $th module is a comedy, only partially some can see what the Autor is doing on his terminal
Complete waste of time! Three minute videos and wikipedia article links is what this, so called "course" is.
Boring and there is only one labs in every section.Explanation is poor.Never recommend.Barely finished
Linux offer great speed and security,on the other hand window offer great ease of use ,so Linux work on personal computer, smart phone,and other .
Excellent instructor. He contributed plenty of resources with the lectures which are great help . Thank you.
Just A big Hatsoff to Sir for the Linux knowledge and Coursera for the platform.
I was looking for a nice Linux course and finally found this specialization. Course content and flow was execellent. Insructor's way of delivering content makes me to learn from him again and again. Looking forward to the remaining courses in the specialization.
If you're new to Linux, the fundamental training here is good. I am now able to navigate command line with greater confidence and have some knowledge in how to edit and search file and folders.
I've learnt a lot through this course but also realized that I have much more to learn. I think the best way forward would be to do more playing around on Linux.
Great course for the fundamentals, be sure to follow along in a lab or practice the commands in your own Linux environment.
Great course, I'm looking forward LFCA and I think this is a great way to start.
Very clear and valuable instruction. Good introduction to Linux.
Overall very good beginner course-- would definitely recommend. One small thing (which may be unique to my situation) would be that from what I could tell, although this is a beginner level course there is a certain level of understanding of computer phrases/lingo. I found myself having to look several phrases up at times. Not a big deal though.
My problem is not about the course. it's about Coursera grading policy. it is super easy to achieve the certificate without knowing anything
The strength of the course is the way new concepts are organised into sections. The weakness of the course is that the lecturer reads from slides, without enough explanation. My work-around to this was to pause the lecture and then do my own research on Youtube, practice the commands on a terminal, and then continue. This gets trickier in week 4. The lab videos are useful, because here the lecturer demonstrates the actual use of the commands in practice. I would have liked to have seen more content like that (demo & explain). Some of the lab videos were not helpful, because the typed commands were off screen.
The course could benefit from editing to remove typos and such. Also, in the last module, the instructor's working line shared terminal was below the frame of the video capture much of the time, rendering it useless. The last section does fir in a great deal very rapidly. It could be broken up.
You have to change the trainer for Linux. He is not able to provide currect and detaild explanation fo command line.
Having concrete exercises would be much better than saying please use this command in the lab.