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    IBM

    Linux System Administration with IBM Power Systems

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

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    133 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Pearson

    Building Linux Servers: Unit 3

    Skills you'll gain: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Linux Servers, Linux Administration, Linux, TCP/IP, Network Administration, Servers, Network Protocols, System Configuration

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IBM

    IBM Applied Software Engineering Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Software Development Life Cycle, Software Architecture, Linux Commands, Bash (Scripting Language), Restful API, Shell Script, Git (Version Control System), GitHub, Flask (Web Framework), Software Design, Version Control, File Management, Scrum (Software Development), Application Deployment, Software Engineering, Linux, Data Import/Export, Programming Principles, Web Scraping, Python Programming

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    50K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Packt

    Advanced Linux Administration and Shell Scripting

    Skills you'll gain: Shell Script, Package and Software Management, Linux Administration, Linux Commands, Unix Shell, Systems Administration, Hardening, Unix Commands, Patch Management, Scripting, System Monitoring, User Accounts, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), System Configuration, OS Process Management, Firewall, Process Management

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    The Linux Foundation

    Linux Tools for Developers

    Skills you'll gain: Bash (Scripting Language), File Systems, Package and Software Management, Linux, Command-Line Interface, Unix Commands, Linux Commands, Shell Script, Scripting, Software Development Tools, File Management, Scripting Languages, Program Development, System Programming, Java, Debugging

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    732 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    OpenSUSE Linux OS Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Command-Line Interface, Linux, Package and Software Management, Linux Administration, Unix Commands, File Management, Operating System Administration, Linux Commands, Systems Administration, File Systems, Open Source Technology, System Configuration, Software Installation, Operating Systems, Virtualization, User Interface (UI)

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    18 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IBM

    IBM Relational Database Administrator with GenAI

    Skills you'll gain: Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, Extract, Transform, Load, Apache Airflow, Web Scraping, Linux Commands, Database Design, SQL, Database Administration, MySQL, Data Pipelines, Apache Kafka, Database Management, Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Database Architecture and Administration, Data Store, Generative AI, Data Import/Export, Data Security

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    60K reviews

    Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    Packt

    Linux for Cloud and DevOps Engineers

    Skills you'll gain: Linux Administration, Package and Software Management, Linux, User Accounts, Operating System Administration, System Monitoring, Linux Commands, User Provisioning, Amazon Web Services, Unix Commands, Network Troubleshooting, File Management, Command-Line Interface, File Systems, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Systems Administration, General Networking, Service Management

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

    Linux Commands & Shell Scripting

    Skills you'll gain: Linux Commands, Shell Script, Unix Commands, Operating System Administration, Systems Administration, Data Storage, Data Management, Process Management, Software Development, Computer Security

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    LearnQuest

    Linux Cloud and DevOps

    Skills you'll gain: Version Control, Git (Version Control System), Linux, Cloud Computing Architecture, DevOps, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Linux Administration, Cloud Infrastructure, Containerization, Cloud Platforms, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Software As A Service, Virtual Machines, Platform As A Service (PaaS)

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    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    157 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    LearnQuest

    Managing Linux Systems

    Skills you'll gain: Package and Software Management, Linux Administration, Linux, System Monitoring, Linux Commands, Operating System Administration, File Systems, User Accounts, Command-Line Interface, Systems Administration, Data Storage, System Configuration, File Management, Data Storage Technologies, Network Monitoring, Network Administration, Software Installation, Network Troubleshooting

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    173 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera Project Network

    Advanced Commands in Linux

    Skills you'll gain: Linux Commands, Linux, Command-Line Interface, Linux Administration, OS Process Management, Ubuntu, System Monitoring, Network Troubleshooting, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), File Management

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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

  • Linux System Administration with IBM Power Systems: IBM
  • Building Linux Servers: Unit 3: Pearson
  • IBM Applied Software Engineering Fundamentals: IBM
  • Advanced Linux Administration and Shell Scripting: Packt
  • Linux Tools for Developers: The Linux Foundation
  • OpenSUSE Linux OS Fundamentals: EDUCBA
  • IBM Relational Database Administrator with GenAI: IBM
  • Linux for Cloud and DevOps Engineers: Packt
  • Linux Commands & Shell Scripting: Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
  • Linux Cloud and DevOps: LearnQuest

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