This course is intended for beginners only. I will be using Ubuntu Operating system, one of the most popular Linux Distributions, to help you learn how to navigate Linux operating systems.
* To begin with. first and foremost we will learn how to install Ubuntu Operating System on a Virtual Machine.
* Then we will learn how to navigate it using the Graphical User Interface (by pressing the icons on the monitor)
* We will also learn what a directory is and what a Linux file system is, how it is structured and how to navigate it.
* Then we will learn basic terminal commands to navigate Ubuntu Operating System from the Terminal
* We will also be learning about Directory loops, Inode, and different types of links on Ubuntu Terminal.
What is Linux?
Linux is an open source operating system. But hold on a second, what is an Operating system? As the name states, Operating System is the core software required to operate a computer, an operating system is responsible for communicating with the hardware and allocate its resources for you to execute commands and run programs. It acts as an interface and Without it, you wont be able to use a computer.
There are many types of Computer Operating systems, The most notable ones are Windows and Mac OS, but unlike them Linux is Open source. It means, Linux is freely accessible and modifiable, making it very popular. From smartphones to cars, supercomputers and home appliances, home desktops to enterprise servers, the Linux operating system is everywhere. From cheap android phones to super computers on Wall street, they are powered by Linux Operating System.
There are different types of Linux distributions, such as Arch Linux, Debian OS and Fedora. In this video I will be using Ubuntu Operating system.
No prior IT knowledge required to begin this course. This is my first course on Udemy and I would appreciate your feed back to improve the quality of the content produced. I wish you best of luck and Happy Learning.