Excellent Free Intro To Linux Course On edX

Ted LeRoy

Dec 14, 2017 • 2 min read

If you're not familiar with edX, they have many informative and interesting free online courses.

I came across one that really impresses me, and I'm sharing it with you!

I'm providing the link to the course on edX, but you can also access it for free directly at the Linux Foundation. Just scroll down to LFS101, Introduction to Linux.

I provide both, because I heard about it on edX, and I like edX, but if your focus is strictly on Linux learning, you may just want to go straight to the source.

Anyhoo, about the course, it's very professionally done, and a great introduction to Linux. Topics covered include:

Chapter 01: The Linux Foundation

Section 1: The Linux Foundation
Section 2: The Linux Foundation Training
Section 3: Course Linux Requirements

Chapter 02: Linux Philosophy and Concepts

Section 1: Linux History
Section 2: Linux Philosophy
Section 3: Linux Community
Section 4: Linux Terminology
Section 5: Linux Distributions

Chapter 03: Linux Basics and System Startup

Section 1: The Boot Process
Section 2: Kernel, init and Services
Section 3: Linux Filesystem Basics
Section 4: Linux Distribution Installation

Chapter 04: Graphical Interface
Section 1: Graphical Desktop
Section 2: Session Management
Section 3: Basic Operations

Chapter 05: System Configuration from the Graphical Interface

Section 1: System, Display, Date and Time Settings
Section 2: Network Manager
Section 3: Installing and Updating Software

Chapter 06: Common Applications

Section 1: Internet Applications
Section 2: Productivity and Development Applications
Section 3: Multimedia Applications
Section 4: Graphics Editors and Utilities

Chapter 07: Command Line Mode Operations

Section 1: Command Line Mode Options
Section 2: Basic Operations
Section 3: Working with Files
Section 4: Searching for Files
Section 5: Installing Software

Chapter 08: Finding Linux Documentation

Section 1: Documentation Sources
Section 2: The man pages
Section 3: GNU Info
Section 4: The --help Option and Help Command
Section 5: Other Documentation Sources

... There are 10 more chapters.

As you can see, a comprehensive introductory course.

Please have a look!

Update 15 Dec 2017 - I tried signing up through the Linux Foundation and the link referred me back to edX.