Apprentice Level

Linux Operating System Fundamentals

By Terry Cox

Get started with an overview of Linux basics.

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1 hour

16 Lessons

About the course

Have you heard of Linux, but don’t really know anything about it? Are you a non-technical person just wanting to know what this ‘Linux’ thing is? Then this course is for you. Eschewing any technical practices, this course takes a high-level view of the history of Linux, the open-source movement, and how this powerful software is used today. We will look at its many types of deployments, and the various incarnations of a Linux distribution.

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Chapter 1 3 Lessons Course Introduction 5:29

An Important Note About A Cloud Guru and Linux Academy Courses
1:19

About This Course
3:20

About the Author
0:50
Chapter 2 3 Lessons What is an Operating System? 22:38

Quick History of Operating Systems
8:26

Popular Operating Systems
8:03

How Linux Came to Be
6:09
Chapter 3 2 Lessons The Open Source Movement 15:03

GNU and the Free Software Foundation
6:20

The Open Source Initiative
8:43
Chapter 4 3 Lessons Basics of a Linux Distribution 25:50

Components of a Linux Distribution
6:13

RPM-Based Distributions
11:26

Debian Based Distributions
8:11
Chapter 5 3 Lessons Uses of Linux 25:31

Server Systems
13:11

Mobile Devices
5:12

Cloud Infrastructure
7:08
Chapter 6 2 Lessons Course Wrap-Up 3:53

Next Steps for Further Study
2:53

Keep Up to Date with Linux This Month
1:00

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Linux Operating System Fundamentals

About the course

An Important Note About A Cloud Guru and Linux Academy Courses

About This Course

About the Author

Quick History of Operating Systems

Popular Operating Systems

How Linux Came to Be

GNU and the Free Software Foundation

The Open Source Initiative

Components of a Linux Distribution

RPM-Based Distributions

Debian Based Distributions

Server Systems

Mobile Devices

Cloud Infrastructure

Next Steps for Further Study

Keep Up to Date with Linux This Month

What are Hands-on Labs

Practice alongside courses in Cloud Playground

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