Learn Linux
Never fear a Linux terminal again. Learn how to use the command line to navigate a unix-like filesystem and automate developer tasks.
Author
Lane Wagner
Lane is a back-end engineer and the lead instructor of Boot.dev. He has taught over one million students worldwide, on Boot.dev, FreeCodeCamp, YouTube and the Backend Banter podcast. Lane worked as a backend engineer writing Go, Python and TypeScript, then moved into engineering management and a couple of years later left to build Boot.dev full-time.
Matt
Maintainer
Dan
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Allan
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Hunter
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What will you learn?
So many developers go years before understanding the basics of shells, terminals, and Linux (or more generally Unix-like systems). Here you'll learn to navigate files and directories, install dependencies, configure your PATH, and use powerful CLI tools like grep, find, and pipes. Never fear the command line again, make it fear you.
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Basic, but does a good job getting you started in using the command line in a Linux-like environment
Christopher Bortz
United States
It teaches you how to use common Linux command, using the command line. It's good, mentions man, so ...
Rizdar
Indonesia
I think it was a good intro-to-command-line(unix-based). It made some stuff that I have overlooked c...
Serda Simus
New York, NY
This course is a great introduction to *nix philosophy and basic shell commands in Linux. The cours...
Mike Slominsky
United States
I use a couple linux distros daily, and have played with linux since Red Hat 1.0. I still found thi...
Chris Lee
Florence, AZ, USA
10/10
Kasper Parol
Poland
The Linux course by Boot.dev is truly one of the most engaging and fascinating courses I have done. ...
Pastor Soto
Venezuela
I learned a lot using WSL2 in windows and using and navigating the cli/terminal.
John Henrick Espiritu
Philippines
Quick and good introduction to linux.
Kevin Haeusler
Switzerland
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