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      IBM

      Ethical Hacking with Kali Linux

      Skills you'll gain: Bash (Scripting Language), Network Monitoring, System Configuration, Automation, Virtual Machines

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      14 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Getting Started with Linux Terminal

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Commands, Linux, Unix Commands, Command-Line Interface, File Management, System Configuration, Linux Administration, Package and Software Management, DevOps

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      150 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Illinois Tech

      Hardware and Operating System Foundations II

      Skills you'll gain: Linux, Linux Administration, Linux Commands, User Accounts, Command-Line Interface, Systems Administration, Operating Systems, Service Management, System Configuration, Package and Software Management, System Monitoring, Graphical Tools, Software Installation, File Management

      Build toward a degree

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      59 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      Advanced Commands in Linux

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Commands, Linux, Command-Line Interface, Linux Administration, OS Process Management, System Monitoring, Network Troubleshooting, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), File Management

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      29 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Coursera Project Network

      Linux: I/O Redirection for DevOps

      Skills you'll gain: Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Linux Commands, Unix Commands, Command-Line Interface, Linux, Unix Shell, Scripting

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      72 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Meta

      Version Control

      Skills you'll gain: Version Control, Unix Commands, Git (Version Control System), GitHub, Linux Commands, Software Versioning, Command-Line Interface, Linux, Collaborative Software, File Management, Software Development Tools, Software Development, Web Development

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      3.7K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      LearnQuest

      Linux Cloud and DevOps

      Skills you'll gain: Version Control, Git (Version Control System), Linux, Cloud Computing Architecture, DevOps, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Linux Administration, Cloud Infrastructure, Containerization, Cloud Platforms, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Software As A Service, Virtual Machines, Platform As A Service (PaaS)

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      157 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      Linux: File Management for Devops

      Skills you'll gain: Command-Line Interface, Linux Commands, Linux, Unix Commands, File Management, Linux Administration, File Systems

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      75 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Google

      Using Python to Interact with the Operating System

      Skills you'll gain: Bash (Scripting Language), Unit Testing, Scripting, Unix Shell, Shell Script, Linux Commands, Test Driven Development (TDD), Unix Commands, Unix, Scripting Languages, Development Environment, Operating Systems, Command-Line Interface, File Management, OS Process Management, Automation, Debugging, Python Programming

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      6.5K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      IBM

      Linux on LinuxONE

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Administration, Linux, Virtualization, Data Storage, Cloud Applications, Application Performance Management, Security Controls, Mainframe Computing, Hardware Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Scalability

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      30 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      Linux Troubleshooting Course with Real Life Examples

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Administration, Linux Servers, File Systems, Systems Administration, File Management, Firewall, Remote Access Systems, Event Monitoring, Hardware Troubleshooting, Linux Commands, System Monitoring, System Support, Virtual Machines, Virtualization, Technical Support, Issue Tracking, Problem Management, Command-Line Interface, Shell Script, System Configuration

      4.2
      Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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      9 reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      IBM

      IBM DevOps and Software Engineering

      Skills you'll gain: User Story, CI/CD, Istio, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Continuous Integration, Software Development Life Cycle, Software Architecture, Linux Commands, Cloud Computing Architecture, Application Deployment, Test Driven Development (TDD), Gherkin (Scripting Language), Jenkins, Restful API, Git (Version Control System), DevOps, Jupyter, Grafana, Software Engineering, Application Development

      Build toward a degree

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      61K reviews

      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular linux courses

    • Ethical Hacking with Kali Linux: IBM
    • Getting Started with Linux Terminal: Coursera Project Network
    • Hardware and Operating System Foundations II: Illinois Tech
    • Advanced Commands in Linux: Coursera Project Network
    • Linux: I/O Redirection for DevOps: Coursera Project Network
    • Version Control: Meta
    • Linux Cloud and DevOps: LearnQuest
    • Linux: File Management for Devops: Coursera Project Network
    • Using Python to Interact with the Operating System: Google
    • Linux on LinuxONE: IBM

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