Linux Essentials: 3-day Fast Track Course
Price pp €1,185.00 including the exam and €1,075.00 without the exam
Course Description
This comprehensive Linux Essentials course provides foundational knowledge and practical skills for working with Linux operating systems. Designed for beginners and those seeking to formalize their Linux knowledge, this course covers everything from basic command-line operations to system administration fundamentals, security concepts, and open-source software principles.
This live instructor-led Linux course combines theoretical instruction with extensive practical exercises, including both guided tutorials and explorational hands-on labs. This approach ensures you develop real-world skills applicable to professional Linux environments.
What You'll Learn
Students will gain hands-on experience with:
· Linux command line, learn to navigate the filesystem with confidence, and develop essential scripting skills.
· The open source ecosystem, including popular distributions, licensing models, and career opportunities in the field.
· How Linux powers modern infrastructure—from embedded systems to cloud computing—and learn to manage files, users, permissions, and basic networking concepts.
· Working in a Linux environment, capable of performing common basic system administration tasks
· How to pursue industry-recognized Linux certifications.
This course is designed to work with a wide range of Linux distributions, so you will be able to apply these concepts regardless of your distro.
Certification is optional.
Couse duration options:
· 3 and 4-day options of this Linux Essentials course.
· Short 3-hour intensive sessions are also available. Contact us if you are interested in joining these sessions.
Linux powers 94% of the world’s supercomputers, most of the servers powering the Internet, most financial trades worldwide and a million Android devices. In short, Linux is everywhere.
Target Audience
· IT professionals transitioning to Linux
· System administrators beginning their careers
· Developers seeking command-line proficiency
· Students pursuing IT certifications
· Anyone interested in open source technologies
This course is also suitable for those who wish to prepare for our LPI or Linux Foundation certification programmes, details are listed here:
· LPI Certification Training Courses
· Linux Foundation Certification Courses
Prerequisites
No prior Linux experience required. Basic computer literacy and familiarity with general computing concepts are recommended.
Course Outline
TOPIC 1: THE LINUX COMMUNITY AND A CAREER IN OPEN SOURCE
· Linux Evolution and Popular Operating Systems
· Distributions
· Embedded Systems
· Linux and the Cloud
· Major Open Source Applications
· Software Packages
· Package Installation
· Package Removal
· Office Applications
· Web Browsers
· Multimedia
· Server Programs
· Data Sharing
· Network Administration
· Programming Languages
Open Source Software and Licensing
· Definition of Free and Open Source Software
· Licenses
· Business Models in Open Source
ICT Skills and Working in Linux
· Linux User Interfaces
· Industry Uses of Linux
· Privacy Issues when using the Internet
· Encryption
Guided & Explorational Exercises
TOPIC 2: FINDING YOUR WAY ON A LINUX SYSTEM
Command Line
· Command Line Basics
· Command Line Structure
· Command Behavior Types
· Quoting
· Variables
· Manipulating Variables
· Using the Command Line to Get Help
· Getting Help on the Command Line
· Locating files
Using Directories and Listing Files
· Files and Directories
· File and Directory Names
· Navigating the Filesystem
· Absolute and Relative Paths
Directories
· Home Directories
· The Special Relative Path for Home
· Relative-to-Home File Paths
· Hidden Files and Directories
· The Long List Option
· Additional ls Options
· Recursion in Bash
Files
· Creating, Moving and Deleting Files
· Case Sensitivity
· Creating Directories
· Creating Files
· Renaming Files
· Moving Files
· Deleting Files and Directories
· Copying Files and Directories
· Globbing
Guided & Explorational Exercises
TOPIC 3: THE POWER OF THE COMMAND LINE
Archiving Files on the Command Line
· Compression Tools
· Archiving Tools
· Managing ZIP files
· Searching and Extracting Data from Files
· I/O Redirection
· Command Line Pipes
· Searching within Files with grep
· Regular Expressions
Turning Commands into a Script
· Printing Output
· Making a Script Executable
· Commands and PATH
· Execute Permissions
· Defining the Interpreter
· Variables
· Using Quotes with Variables
· Arguments
· Returning the Number of Arguments
· Conditional Logic
· Exit Codes
· Handling Many Arguments
· For Loops
· Using Regular Expressions to Perform Error Checking
Guided & Explorational Exercises
TOPIC 4: THE LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM
· Choosing an Operating System
· What is an Operating System
· Choosing a Linux Distribution
· Non-Linux Operating Systems
Understanding Computer Hardware (covered in brief if all students do not require this)
· Power Supplies
· Motherboard
· Memory
· Processors
· Storage
· Partitions
· Peripherals
· Drivers and Device Files
· Where Data is Stored
· Programs and their Configuration
· The Linux Kernel
· Hardware Devices
· Memory and Memory Types
· Processes
· System Logging and System Messaging
Your Computer on the Network
· Link Layer Networking
· IPv4 Networking
· IPv6 Networking
· DNS
· Sockets
Guided & Explorational Exercises
TOPIC 5: SECURITY AND FILE PERMISSIONS
Basic Security and Identifying User Types
· Accounts
· Getting Information About Your Users
· Switching Users and Escalating Privilege
· Access Control Files
Creating Users and Groups
· The File /etc/passwd
· The File /etc/group
· The File /etc/shadow
· The File /etc/gshadow
· Adding and Deleting User Accounts
· The Skeleton Directory
· Adding and Deleting Groups
· The passwd Command
File Permissions and Ownership
· Managing File Permissions and Ownership
· Querying Information about Files and Directories
· What about Directories?
· Seeing Hidden Files
· Understanding Filetypes
· Understanding Permissions
· Modifying File Permissions
· Symbolic Mode
· Numeric Mode
· Modifying File Ownership
· Querying Groups
· Special Permissions
Special Directories and Files
· Temporary Files
· Understanding Links
Guided & Explorational Exercises
