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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

MD

May 23, 2020

A wonderful course of prevention that I learned a lot from,

Using commands with Windows and Linux

How to deploy and install operating systems through the network and Alot

Thanks GOOOOOOOOOGLE

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 Karthik M

Dec 18, 2020

Excellent course to take., If you're new to any of the OSs Windows or Linux. Totally worth it for Beginners.

By Drixler

Nov 19, 2020

Course is good could use more explaining about certain topics since I felt rushed . Aside from that all good

By Mohamed H S

Aug 8, 2020

excellent course with very clear and fun explanation , many things to learn from this course thanks coursera

By Kenneth

Sep 8, 2018

Qwikilabs doesn't always work. Paying for the course I expected it would be smoother, hopefully it is fixed.

By OLAYANJU D

Sep 13, 2023

This particular course has taught me about how the operating system works and how file is. been transfer .

By David N J

May 6, 2023

This was hard but a good course, perhaps more explanation in the Linux labs would help less advanced users.

By Ankit R G

Nov 15, 2020

Excellent Course for learning the basics of OS (Even the things you feel you knew about OS but you don't !)

By Ana B

Sep 23, 2020

I've really enjoyed learning from this course and I look forward to using these skills in my future career.

By Ismaila I

Sep 1, 2020

I am very excited that I have been able to gather a lot of knowledge and I am ready to make a career in IT.

By Kamal M

Jun 6, 2020

Great course for begginers, very informative, engaging and practical for both Linux and Windows enviroment.

By William A C

Jan 4, 2020

The teacher breaks things down so well and she also gives you the feeling that you're in the room with her.

By Ayedun J O

Aug 13, 2019

This is such an excellent course. I really learnt a lot. Thanks so much Google for adding value to my life.

By Ebony A

Apr 11, 2019

You can really tell the investment Google and Coursera have taken to make such a great course. Keep it up!

By JP " S

Mar 1, 2018

I like how interactive the lessons were and I felt like I got hands on experience with what I was learning.

By zachary m

Oct 2, 2022

the material is explained really well. the labs are good for getting introduced to CLI and linux commands

By Abdul L M

Dec 11, 2021

Coursera and Google, thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to enroll in this wonderful course.

By M A p

Oct 15, 2021

its very helpful to us the beginner training is very clearly to understand thank u beginner, thanking you.

By Romana K

Aug 3, 2021

this was more difficult than I expected but worth the effort. now it is time to practice or forget it all!

By Jeremy M

Nov 17, 2020

I loved this course and it had so many hands on components that made learning the material so much easier!

By Lisa A T

Nov 11, 2020

This course was presented well by the Google staff. It was easy to understand and the examples were clear.

By Ronan S

Sep 17, 2019

Thanks, Cindy Quach for teaching me a lot of information that I didn't know about it. Thank you very much.

By Larry L

Aug 5, 2019

The labs in OS and You are great and will be really helpful in the future. The instructor is awesome also.

By Mathieu T

Jun 17, 2019

This is a very good program. i am happy to pass the 3rd course. I will enroll in the 4th course right now!

By Manuel O B

May 21, 2019

I'm so glad I'm taking the right steps and doing what I have been doing. Studying late nights, during work

By Kurt J G

May 10, 2018

This course is where everything starts to come together. Looking forward to the other half of the program.