Here Are 8 Cool Sites Offering Free Linux Courses Online!

Open Source Linux

Majority of free online Linux courses are not affiliated with universities but are intended for self-study and don’t offer any academic credit. Linux course materials on these sites comprise PDF, video and screenshots and content is normally intended for newbies of Linux systems. For all those looking to have a deeper know-how of the subject, here are some free Linux courses. Some of these are affiliated to big names as well.

1.Novell – OpenCourseWare Project (novell.com)

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Linux Enterpise server 10 Course

Building on initial experience with Linux, the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Administration (Course 3072) teaches students basic SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 administration skills. Attendees will learn how to install and configure SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, and how to manage system initialisation and processes. Among the topics covered in this course are Posix ACLs, network configuration, printing, and remote access.

Certified Linux Professional 10 Course

This course is designed to provide information on the differences between SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 and version 10 related especially to the topics covered in the Novell Certified Linux Professional (CLP) curriculum. Students will learn about the new features as well as the changes in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 compared to their existing knowledge as a Novell Certified Linux Professional.

2.IBM – LPI (Linux Professional Institute) Exam Prep (ibm.com)

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Linux Kernel Tutorial

In this tutorial, David Mertz begins preparing you to take the Linux Professional Institute Intermediate Level Administration (LPIC-2) Exam 201. In this first of eight tutorials, you learn to understand, compile, and customize a Linux kernel.

Linux File Serving & Sharing Tutorial

In this tutorial, Brad Huntting and David Mertz continue preparing you to take the Linux Professional Institute Intermediate Level Administration (LPIC-2) Exam 201. In this fifth of eight tutorials, you learn how to use a Linux system as a networked file server using any of several protocols supported by Linux.

3.University of Surrey – Department of Electronic Engineering (www.ee.surrey.ac.uk)

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Linux Tutorial One

Topics covered include: Listing files and directories, Making Directories, Changing to a different directory, Pathnames, etc.

Linux Tutorial Two

Topics covered include: Copying Files, Moving files, Removing files and directories, Displaying the contents of a file on the screen, Searching the contents of a file, etc.

4.Shuttleworth Foundation – Learn Linux Open Source Project (learnlinux.tsf.org)

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Linux Fundamentals Course

The goal of this section is to present a version of the history and politics of software that is released under a license allowing the user the liberty to copy, modify and redistribute the code. Many companies using propriety software favour the FUD tactics to stop people from using Open Source software, therefore it is important to know the history of Open Source software and become familiar with the role players in the Open Source community, and in this way be able to make informed decisions regarding which Operating System and software to use.

System Administration Course

This course teaches students how to install GNU/Linux. The course uses the Debian distro as an example. Students install, create and manage user accounts, install new hardware, make backups and many other mission critical tasks a System Administrator would need to know.

5.University of California at Davis – Professor Norm Matloff’s Unix and Linux Tutorial Center (ucdavis.edu)

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Linux Tutorials

This introduces the following topics: shell use; basic file and directory commands (ls, rm, cp, mv, pwd, cd); redirection (< and >) and pipes; "script" command; man pages.

6.Linux Online (linux.org)

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Beginner’s Level Linux Course

Topics covered: What Is Linux, The mv command, When to work as root & When to Work as a System User, Commands for System Administration, etc.

Intermediate Level Linux Course

Topics covered: Databases with Linux, Using vi/vim, How to automate tasks on a Linux system, Using Perl, etc.

7.About.com Linux Courses (linux.about.com)

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Linux Desktop 101: 14 Weekly Lessons

Fourteen free weekly lessons for user of a modern PC running the Linux operating system.

KDE: 6-Day Introduction Course

This e-course will briefly introduce KDE, and highlight some of the more important differences between the KDE and GNOME Desktops.

8.The Linux Tutorial (linux-tutorial.info)

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Introduction to Operating Systems

In this chapter we are going to go through the basic composition of an operating system. First, we'll talk about what an operating system is and why it is important. We are also going to address how the different components work independently and together.

Linux Basics

We're going to talk about what makes up Linux. This brings up the question "What is Linux?" There are more than a dozen versions commercially available, in several different countries, all with their own unique characteristics. How can you call any one of them the Linux distribution?