Learn Linux
Never fear a Linux terminal again. Navigate the filesystem, inspect processes, and automate everyday developer tasks.
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Our expert in-house course authors are tenured software developers whose love for coding is only outstripped by a love for crafting addicting lessons.
10 Hours
of content
66 Addicting
lessons
Earn a certificate
of completion
Learn online
at your pace
What you'll learn in this Linux course
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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good introduction, it will require a lot of practice to feel comfortable
dmvr jagger
Romania
Such a fun course!
Colin Lalor
United States
An extremely basic course; one would need another to delve deeper and far more explanations to master the subject—a lot was left out.
Lucas Bona
Brazil
Really good to learn the fundamentals of the CLI, was able to understand and use new commands.
Gilberto Mejia
Colima, Mexico
This course covers all the fundamentals. Awesome!
Gustavo H. K. Oliveira
São Paulo, Brazil
WOW AWESOME STUFF I CANT BELIEVE IT
Darius Jeflea
United Kingdom
It was a nice Linux starter course. Learnt a few new tips I didn't know before.
Chukwuemeka Nwankwo
Nigeria
Super Cool guides and I really learned new stuff!
Marten
The Netherlands
Wow! I'm finally not completely scared to use the terminal and Linux. It was a great start to my CS education!
Ernesto Oropeza
United States
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