If you’re getting into programming one day will come where you need to learn linux. For me that day is close if I want to keep up my side hobby of learning to code. So I’ve been looking at different places I can learn linux online, ideally ones which can be followed by a beginner and not a hardcore coder.
Despite actually co-founding a managed hosting company I’ve never actually spent much time learning linux (I was mostly doing Bus Dev, Marketing, Ops…) or how to do anything of useful in a command line.
This turned out to be a bit of a trip up point a few years ago when I wanted to learn Ruby on Rails and found that while I could code and script the basics…actually getting it to run on a server was a whole different ball game!
Recently I asked Alasdair who was (and still is) the MD & CTO at EveryCity who know quite a lot about the subject about my SysAdmin shortcomings he simple said ‘You need some lessons, it’s easy, you’ll be fine’.
So I asked myself: What online resources are there to learn linux online for complete beginners?
Here’s the list of the best I’ve found:
- uDemy.com – Linux Courses – Free & Paid courses
- Paulpaulito – Linux Fundamentals 101 training videos – Certified from €65
- Linux.org – Free beginner/intermediate/advanced courses
A list of other resources can be found here on Fr Stephens Blog.
Online Computer Science Courses
Not technically linux but contain linux and important concepts of computing and probably not a bad module to add to your education on your Linkedin profile.
- Udacity – Introduction to Computer Science – Free online course
- Harvardx – Introduction to Computer Science CS50x – Free online course (Certified)
- MITx- Introduction to Computer Science – Free online course from MITx (Certified)
- Stanford University – Computer Science 101 – Free online
Course reviews here. Courses support from openstudy.com here.
Any other suggestions? Add them in the comments!