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    • A

      Amazon Web Services

      AWS Cloud Support Associate

      Skills you'll gain: Amazon CloudWatch, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Amazon Web Services, Command-Line Interface, AWS CloudFormation, Software Architecture, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Scripting, Network Troubleshooting, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Bash (Scripting Language), Serverless Computing, Technical Support, Web Development, Cloud Computing, Information Technology, Customer Service, Software Development

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      6.5K reviews

      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
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      IBM

      IBM Applied DevOps Engineering

      Skills you'll gain: CI/CD, Serverless Computing, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Agile Software Development, Test Driven Development (TDD), Agile Methodology, OpenShift, DevOps, Microservices, Containerization, Test Case, Devops Tools, Agile Project Management, Continuous Integration, Kubernetes, Continuous Deployment, DevSecOps, System Monitoring, Grafana, Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

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      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      7.4K reviews

      Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

    • C

      Coursera Project Network

      Linux: Introduction to Shell Scripting for DevOps

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Administration, Bash (Scripting Language), Linux, Linux Commands, Unix Commands, Shell Script, Unix, Scripting, File Management, Scripting Languages

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      78 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    • P

      Packt

      Linux Network Administration

      Skills you'll gain: Network Troubleshooting, Linux Administration, Network Administration, Linux, Linux Commands, Unix Commands, Command-Line Interface, Network Protocols, TCP/IP, Virtualization, Development Environment, Cryptographic Protocols, System Configuration

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      IBM

      IBM Back-End Development

      Skills you'll gain: Serverless Computing, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Software Development Life Cycle, OpenShift, Linux Commands, GitHub, Software Architecture, MongoDB, Bash (Scripting Language), Containerization, NoSQL, Kubernetes, Development Environment, Git (Version Control System), Object-Relational Mapping, Flask (Web Framework), System Monitoring, Microservices, Jupyter, Python Programming

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      50K reviews

      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
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      U

      University of Colorado Boulder

      Linux System Programming and Introduction to Buildroot

      Skills you'll gain: System Programming, Linux, Embedded Software, Linux Commands, Embedded Systems, Shell Script, Operating Systems, File Systems, OS Process Management, C and C++, Build Tools, Debugging, Electrical Engineering

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      134 reviews

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
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      IBM

      Linux System Administration with IBM Power Systems

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Administration, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux Servers, Linux, Systems Administration, Virtualization, Cloud Infrastructure, Virtual Machines, Cloud Computing, Linux Commands, System Configuration, Software Installation

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      130 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • C

      Coursera Project Network

      Files and directories in the Linux filesystem

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Commands, Linux, File Systems, Unix Commands, Command-Line Interface, File Management, Linux Administration, Authorization (Computing), Unix, Operating Systems

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      16 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    • Status: Free Trial
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      Google

      Using Python to Interact with the Operating System

      Skills you'll gain: Bash (Scripting Language), Unix Shell, Operating Systems, Scripting, Command-Line Interface, Unix Commands, Unit Testing, File Systems, Linux Commands, OS Process Management, Software Testing, File Management, Python Programming, Test Driven Development (TDD), Data Import/Export, Automation

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      6.5K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • C

      Coursera Project Network

      Linux: Processes & System Resource Management for DevOps

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Administration, Linux Servers, Linux Commands, OS Process Management, Linux, Unix Commands, Command-Line Interface, Debugging, System Monitoring, DevOps, Resource Management

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      18 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      IBM

      Linux on LinuxONE

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Administration, Linux, Systems Administration, Performance Tuning, Virtualization, Hardware Architecture, Cloud Computing Architecture, Application Performance Management, Mainframe Computing, Data Storage Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, Encryption

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      30 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
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      IBM

      Applied Software Engineering Fundamentals

      Skills you'll gain: Software Development Life Cycle, Linux Commands, GitHub, Software Architecture, Bash (Scripting Language), Development Environment, Git (Version Control System), Version Control, Software Design, Software Engineering, Shell Script, Linux, Flask (Web Framework), Software Development Methodologies, Software Design Patterns, Systems Development, Jupyter, Web Scraping, Application Deployment, Python Programming

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      49K reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular linux courses

    • AWS Cloud Support Associate: Amazon Web Services
    • IBM Applied DevOps Engineering: IBM
    • Linux: Introduction to Shell Scripting for DevOps: Coursera Project Network
    • Linux Network Administration: Packt
    • IBM Back-End Development: IBM
    • Linux System Programming and Introduction to Buildroot: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Linux System Administration with IBM Power Systems: IBM
    • Files and directories in the Linux filesystem: Coursera Project Network
    • Using Python to Interact with the Operating System: Google
    • Linux: Processes & System Resource Management for DevOps: Coursera Project Network

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