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About the Course

Unix forms a foundation that is often very helpful for accomplishing other goals you might have for you and your computer, whether that goal is running a business, writing a book, curing disease, or creating the next great app. The means to these goals are sometimes carried out by writing software. Software can’t be mined out of the ground, nor can software seeds be planted in spring to harvest by autumn. Software isn’t produced in factories on an assembly line. Software is a hand-made, often bespoke good. If a software developer is an artisan, then Unix is their workbench. Unix provides an essential and simple set of tools in a distraction-free environment. Even if you’re not a software developer learning Unix can open you up to new methods of thinking and novel ways to scale your ideas. This course is intended for folks who are new to programming and new to Unix-like operating systems like macOS and Linux distributions like Ubuntu. Most of the technologies discussed in this course will be accessed via a command line interface. Command line interfaces can seem alien at first, so this course attempts to draw parallels between using the command line and actions that you would normally take while using your mouse and keyboard. You’ll also learn how to write little pieces of software in a programming language called Bash, which allows you to connect together the tools we’ll discuss. My hope is that by the end of this course you be able to use different Unix tools as if they’re interconnecting Lego bricks....

Top reviews

SA

Oct 10, 2018

A very good course!Before taking this course, I was a little worried to work with Linux. But now I really feel more comfortable with it.Thanks to the instructor for his efforts.

LI

Jul 3, 2020

Brilliant course. It's mostly text based so you have a lot of reading to do. But if that is not a problem for you (99% reading, 1% video) I would recommend this.

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By Muhammad B K

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Dec 22, 2019

Great place to start your best experience with linux

By Darius T

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May 30, 2019

Really useful course for learning the basics of Unix

By Methia A N

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Jul 24, 2020

Its a good lesson for me thanks for the certificate

By Julio F

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May 28, 2020

This is an awesome course, I learned a lot with it!

By BRENO S T

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May 4, 2020

Very well structure. Easy to follow and time-saving

By Vishal S

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Dec 2, 2019

A nice course to start learning Linux and Git from.

By Vasileios K

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Jul 22, 2018

Nice concise intro/refresh to the bash environment.

By Uday G

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Jun 22, 2020

Got Good learning experience of doing this course.

By Tomislav P

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May 16, 2019

Very well done course. One of the best ones I did.

By NANCY T T

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May 31, 2020

A very helpful course with excellent explanation!

By Herbert S

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Sep 11, 2019

Very manageable and very instructive. Thank you!

By Rui V

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Jan 21, 2018

Very good basic concepts! Helped me quile a lot!

By Laura C

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Dec 7, 2020

Really good course I wish I had done years ago!

By Prateek C

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Apr 26, 2020

The perfect recipe for a Unix and GIT beginner.

By Phanendhar R

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Mar 25, 2021

Best course on basics about bash and GITHUB!!!

By JUSTINE P D

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May 31, 2020

Wonderful course. Taught me a lot about Linux.

By Wiktor

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Feb 27, 2020

Very informative and thought provoking course.

By Rahul M

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Jun 25, 2018

Learned all the basics of Linux with examples.

By Bahar P

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May 13, 2018

Very Useful and thorough and very well taught.

By Anton O

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Oct 17, 2017

Nice course, I have earned new usefull skills!

By Durr e S S

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Aug 27, 2025

very important course to learn and experience

By Franco F P

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Mar 26, 2019

Well presented short course easy read content

By Matt S

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Feb 21, 2018

Awesome course for people with no experience.

By Vincent L

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Jul 7, 2018

Nice introduction to unix and how to use Git

By FREYA J

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Jun 30, 2019

Very useful content and clear explanations!