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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 henry s

Jul 19, 2020

Very good course, Ive learned many things about operating systems that I didnt know before.

By Mauro V

Jun 18, 2018

Very helpful and with a nice structure, will introduce you in the CLI user/group management

By Garvin J

Jun 12, 2018

Really comeprehensive. Wish there was a way to get hands on experience through the program.

By Natalie R

Jan 27, 2023

this was an interesting experiences, and it was a lot of informantion but i learned a lot.

By Ryan G

Apr 20, 2021

This was a great course, very informational and will be another great piece to build upon.

By J B

Jan 10, 2021

overall it was a fun course especially learning new things about linux that I did not know

By Sampson A

Dec 14, 2020

It has been a great experience though it has been tough keeping up, it's worth the hustle.

By Godwin A P O

Nov 30, 2020

Very interesting course. All the professors in my university never taught me all of these.

By Ed T

Jun 30, 2020

excellent course and really makes you understand how OS's work . Great for Linux beginners

By Bhamini P

Apr 23, 2020

it was okay i wish we can get the list of common commands that we can keep it to reference

By PREMKUMAR A

Apr 22, 2020

I thank the team who had taught me the real use of operating system in hand on experience!

By Scyvall M

Aug 28, 2019

Offered some challenges, but stuck them out. I am glad to have taken part in this course.

By Kobie T

Aug 10, 2019

It was very awesome getting to know various commands in Linux that I didn't know of before

By Ryan C

Jun 9, 2019

This course was awesome, my favorite so far. Very informative even for an IT Professional.

By Radu H

Feb 20, 2019

The info in this course is really good and useful, but the labs been bugged to the roots..

By Brandon H

Dec 31, 2022

It was a nice intro to Linux. I will Build a cheap computer to install and learn further.

By Chananchida P

Nov 17, 2022

Great course, with detail break down. Very well explain, not difficult to fallow at all.

By Mohammad S

Apr 15, 2021

I have learned so many new things through this course and it's effective and informative.

By Taha A R

Nov 10, 2020

I am very excited after completing this crucial course and more to ahead.

Thanks, COURSERA

By Ralph A M

Oct 2, 2020

I learned how to use commands from the CLI and logs to help me to be better with support.

By marcos r

Jul 29, 2020

This is a good hands-on primer to using a number of tools that go beyond point and click.

By Wilbert V Z

Jul 4, 2020

I learned a lot of things, but I need to practice a lot, specially the Linux environment.

By Constante G

Dec 3, 2019

challenging with lots of information, I liked the supplemental readings, so much to learn

By Diego N O

Sep 24, 2019

I learn a lot of tools and techniques that hill help me out to be a better troubleshooter

By Martin Z

Jun 6, 2019

this class is very good, you can learn a lot of Linux OS. It's very useful for IT Support