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About the Course

In this course -- through a combination of video lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on practice -- you’ll learn about the main components of an operating system and how to perform critical tasks like managing software and users, and configuring hardware. By the end of this course you’ll be able to: ● navigate the Windows and Linux filesystems using a graphical user interface and command line interpreter ● set up users, groups, and permissions for account access ● install, configure, and remove software on the Windows and Linux operating systems ● configure disk partitions and filesystems ● understand how system processes work and how to manage them ● work with system logs and remote connection tools ● utilize operating system knowledge to troubleshoot common issues in an IT Support Specialist role...

Top reviews

JA

Jun 21, 2019

Great course, lots of very challenging and useful information. You'll learn about Linux and some of the inner workings of Windows, plus lots of tools and programs that are really useful. Great course!

JB

Dec 27, 2020

This course was very informative and challenging. I really appreciate the way the course was put together. It would be ore helpful if the links to the readings were from material other than Wikipedia.

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By Gatien M N

Mar 23, 2022

J'ai découvert à quel point windows et linux sont tout aussi différent l'un de l'autre.

On peut retrouver dans les deux certaines fonctionnalités importantes.

By Kayden M

Dec 3, 2018

Pretty good class with a lot of powershell and linux command lines. Comes in handy to know all of this. It's hard to remember all of the command lines though!

By silvestre t

Feb 11, 2018

some labs were a hassle but if you screen shot your progress the Coursera team will credit you.

Overall, I've learned a lot more than I knew before I started.

By Darren N

Mar 26, 2021

Learned a lot, some graded assignments needs to be reworked though. A lot of other people having same issues with me about updating VLC through Microsoft VM.

By Svetoslav B

Feb 17, 2020

It was a good one, learned a lot about Linux and commands in the Shell and the Bash. They had problems with the Windows Labs, but hopefully they will fix it.

By Francine T

Nov 15, 2021

I enjoyed learning about command lines and PowerShell but I must say that the Lab instructions could use more clarification and details. Please update them.

By aaron h

Oct 9, 2019

This course has you becoming more familiarized with command line. Deep dives into imaging machines, formatting drives, and navigating event logs like a pro

By Valenzuela B

Oct 9, 2019

Learned a great deal from the course and have been using many of the skills that I have learned. Thank Google for such an insightful and great experience.

By Henry L

Mar 19, 2022

This course provides an overall understanding of the use of the operating system and debug, but there are few practical demonstrations of debug operations

By Don C

Jul 25, 2021

This course goes deeper into the systems and does develop pratcical knowledge. I would more labs to develop repetitive experience in Linux and Powershell.

By Emmanuel V

Feb 26, 2023

Coursera needs to fix the exam questions and answer selections. I've encountered a lot of questions that don't have the correct answers on the choices.

By Mohamed A

May 6, 2019

Thank you very much and for this very informative session I have made good use of it especially in Linux thanks again for doing this course from Google

By Sean H

Dec 30, 2021

This course really made me think hard and do a lot more reviewing and searching on how to complete the graded exams. I learned a lot from this course.

By Pedro M

Jun 3, 2021

Helped me tons, but the vm was really slow and sometimes didn't accept my work. I had to do a few of them twice, but to me it was just extra practice.

By Sachin J

Mar 4, 2020

Material taught is not detailed enough. Too much is left for supplementary reading. In comparison, Networks course was far more detailed and thorough.

By Anthony L

Jun 26, 2024

This was the only course I had trouble with. The questions regarding Linux/Windows GUI maneuverability were often overly confusing and seem outdated.

By Mukesh J

Aug 17, 2020

It was good to learn. Though I knew the basics as I had experience in Site Reliability Engineering. but it was still a brush up to the past concepts.

By Ayana R

May 15, 2022

The information provided in the supplemental readings were extremely valuable. More of that material should be incorporated into the actual course.

By Brian U

Feb 7, 2024

My only complaint is I wish Linux and windows were separated into their own modules instead of flipping from one OS to the other immediately after.

By Jasmit B

May 7, 2020

such amazing and great course it was I have learnt very important and useful things. And now I can utilize those in my job. Thank you coursera.....

By Josh S M

Feb 15, 2018

The content is great, there are still some issues with the qwiklab interface, but once these issues are ironed out the course will be well worth it

By Lynn A

Jan 30, 2021

Some very tough labs but I do feel a sense of great accomplishment. Knowing I am halfway there will inspire me to finish and get my certification

By Nicholas W

Nov 18, 2020

Very challenging at times, but this course was really helpful knowing the difference between using a Computer to controlling one. (Thanks Spencer)

By Rosanne D

Feb 26, 2018

Overall a decent intro, but the Linux info is based solely on Ubuntu, and some things taught in this course will not be applicable to all distros.