Best courses for Linux

Posted by flashx3005@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 15 comments

Hi All,

Just wanted to get an opinion on what you guys think is the best Linux course, book etc to use while trying to learn basics of Linux?

Its been one of those things I've wanted to dabble into but just couldn't quite get somewhat proficient in it.

Even with all of AI talk I think Linux still has a firm standing going forward, in my opinion.

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BloodFeastMan@reddit

Arch is fine for those who want to tinker in the guts, but for business administration, no Fortune 500 company is using Arch. Most will be using RHEL.

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NightH4nter@reddit

i never said it's a guide on how to manage a linux environment suddenly given to you. op asked about fundamentals, using arch and reading arch wiki teaches that

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Oh, I knew I would piss off Arch users, by the way, I'm just of the opinion that in order to drive a car proficiently, you don't need to build one from scratch. You can install Fedora (which I don't even use) and fuck around in the terminal and completely break shit, and when you do, you can have a fresh install about five minutes later where you can break shit again.

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Steerable-Octopus@reddit

Yeah that's true but asking a beginner to wrestle with SELinux and RHEL conventions isn't as easy or pedagogical compared to building from scratch and solving real technical goals like in Arch. The tinkering is the value here.

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coolman3475@reddit

Comptia Linux+ has a good list of topics to study. Doesn't mean you actually have to pay to get the certification of course.

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codece@reddit

I highly recommend /r/LinuxUpskillChallenge

It's tailor made for this.

START HERE

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1116574@reddit

Redhat Linux admin course. You can find their pdfs on the interwebs.

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Wise_Guitar2059@reddit

Red Hat workbooks are gold.

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encbladexp@reddit

You learn Linux by using it. Go the hard route as an Beginner, and start with Arch Linux (or at least Debian).

Avoid any distribution that tries to "help" you. Learning the basics is the key. Avoid these YT crap, its often outdated.

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Valdaraak@reddit

Honestly? Installing it and using it at home. Make the jump.

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Steerable-Octopus@reddit

Hmm for sysadmins I like the Nemeth & Co. Unix and Linux Systems Administration Handbook but the 5th edition is quite dated, teaches some ideas I would disagree with and they haven't released a 6th edition.

It has good prose, explains architecture and is often quite opinionated. But the weakness is that it's a tad brief on many topics.

I also read this Brian Ward's How Linux Works - What every Superuser should know and I found it to be more aligned toward an absolute beginner but he isn't as good of a writer so it's dry and hard to follow, especially when he covers more advanced topics. Again dated in many respects imo.

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Total-Insurance-9119@reddit

Look up you suck at programming (ysap) he has a great beginner bash course.

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BloodFeastMan@reddit

The best course is to simply load up a distro in a VM and play with it. If you want to get into Linux admin, just stay with a popular distro, Debian or Fedora

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embracethybeard@reddit

I’ve tried various things over the years, but the most helpful for me was just trying to “do something” and make it work. Bought a cheap VPS and set it up as a game server at first. Then I tried a webserver, learned to try and harden that, tried and run something in a docker container, setup my own vpn, etc. I’ve personally been able to learn the most that way.