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Linux, Part 1 of 5: Overview, Tools, and Users

LearnNow Online

Updated Aug 22, 2018

Course description

In this course, expert Jordan Hudgens explores the fundamentals of the Linux operating system. As well as giving an overview of Linux and touching on its history and evolution, Hudgens will tap into some key areas of Linux including the command line interface, default tools, and managing processes. Finally, he will discuss file and user management within Linux. After completing this course you will be well on your way to becoming fluent in Linux.

Each LearnNowOnline training course is made up of Modules (typically an hour in length). Within each module there are Topics (typically 15-30 minutes each) and Subtopics (typically 2-5 minutes each). There is a Post Exam for each Module that must be passed with a score of 70% or higher to successfully and fully complete the course.

Prerequisites

You should be familiar with basic computer usage in the Mac, Windows, or Linux operating systems. You should also have Linux installed on your system.

Meet the expert

Jordan Hudgens

Jordan Hudgens has certifications for Ruby on Rails, Thinkful; Ruby on Rails, Bloc.io; Front End Development, Thinkful; and AngularJS, Thinkful. He is currently vice president of engineering for TRACKR in Midland, Texas and is working on his PhD in Computer Science from Texas Tech. In addition to Ruby, Jordan works with PHP, JavaScript, MySQL, Postgres, CSS3, C, C++, C#, Objective-C, and Python. He also works with the frameworks Rails (Ruby), Zend (PHP), and Django (Python), plus the libraries AngularJS, jQuery, and Backbone.js.

Video Runtime

116 Minutes

Time to complete

136 Minutes

Course Outline