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About the Course

In this course -- through a combination of video lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on practice -- you’ll learn about the main components of an operating system and how to perform critical tasks like managing software and users, and configuring hardware. By the end of this course you’ll be able to: ● navigate the Windows and Linux filesystems using a graphical user interface and command line interpreter ● set up users, groups, and permissions for account access ● install, configure, and remove software on the Windows and Linux operating systems ● configure disk partitions and filesystems ● understand how system processes work and how to manage them ● work with system logs and remote connection tools ● utilize operating system knowledge to troubleshoot common issues in an IT Support Specialist role...

Top reviews

JA

Jun 21, 2019

Great course, lots of very challenging and useful information. You'll learn about Linux and some of the inner workings of Windows, plus lots of tools and programs that are really useful. Great course!

SG

Nov 27, 2021

Great course, lots of very challenging and useful information. You'll learn about Linux and some of the inner workings of Windows, plus lots of tools and programs that are really useful. Great course!

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By Charles E

Oct 7, 2022

By far the hardest module so far. Linux needs to be a separate course. Having no experience in Linux, I just followed the steps, I can't say I understand it any more than I did when I started.

By Giulio D B O

Nov 18, 2021

It was a good course but the labs were sometimes a little "broken", but I unserstand it can happen using virtual machines. I already knew some things but I learned new things like CLI commands.

By Richard K

May 2, 2018

Very nice course! I like the fact that there were no peer reviews. All in all a very informative course. I just wish that they would make the linux optional or part of a different course...

By Bryan K

Apr 8, 2018

I am giving this course 4 stars because so many of the labs were so glitchy. Seems like Quicklabs have gotten those issues fixed though. I learned a lot about Linux CLI and Shell in Windows.

By John G

May 31, 2021

More jokes please. This course was really boring for me. I had to download virtualbox and mess around in linux, play music, take short breaks, and all other things, just to get this material.

By Wales B N

Feb 26, 2020

Thanks Google Coursera, interesting course, struggled alittle on the linux part, still trying to get a grips on the Linux OS. Thanks again for this opportunity, I am indeed very very grateful

By Lance A

Feb 8, 2019

Really appreciated the amount of labs (more please!), felt the practice quizzes could have been more rigorous, by the time I'd gotten to some of the lab tasks, I'd forgotten certain commands.

By Sherice M

Sep 20, 2018

This course was a lot of information to take in. It really gave a good look into the Linux system which I had never seen before this course. Starting to get more comfortable with that system.

By Samuel C

Jul 20, 2021

Everything was good except the Linux week 4 lab need to update that I read in forums that you need to do sbd instead of sba but the support team helped me alot and they were great thank you.

By Uri S

Mar 13, 2021

The course is thorough and touches in great aspects and topics.

My only gripe is the graded tasks, that didn't function properly and didn't register my completed work.

Despite that, thank you

By Rahul S Y

Jan 29, 2020

Good course for beginners, not much into technical depth of Linux much, but it's expected that you delve deep yourself. That's how IT goes, figuring out yourself is the key to tech support.

By Cameron H

Dec 2, 2022

great course the only issue i had was that the copy and paste doesn't work but i understand the ways that some might think its better because you actually have the put it in all in by hand

By Robinson H

Sep 10, 2021

although some of the labs were buggy and the instructions weren't matched up with the lab (I was directed to the wrong powershell for example) I did feel i learned a lot from the exercises

By Ivan E E

May 22, 2020

Good information ... but a course with too much information for those who have no knowledge of OS Linux and can make it overwhelming for many ... Pencil and paper to write everything down.

By Spencer Y

Dec 29, 2019

This was a bit difficult for me learning about CLI, because I have never had a formal way of learning this. But I made it through and the exposure was definitely worth it for future use.

By Jose B J

Jul 14, 2021

this was a great lesson. Last exam was the hard one. This last exam needs a bit more clear instructions, but a good lesson. I enjoyed the lesson and will contiune to take more lessons.

By Nicholas S

Apr 18, 2021

Good course, really informative. However, there were a lot of technical issues that required service from qwiklabs, on almost every single one of the labs (first and last week aside).

By Nicholas M

Sep 14, 2020

I really liked the last graded assignments, as you had to use your notes and knowledge to complete them. I wish the other assignments didn't tell you exactly how to complete the lab.

By Taylor I

Jun 6, 2020

I really enjoyed this course. The instructor was entertaining and the material was explained well. The labs could have been a bit more challenging, but they were useful nonetheless.

By Alex K

Jul 6, 2020

I think that it would be good to make more of the course module based. Also, highlighting each section with real world examples would be helpful in grounding some abstract concepts.

By Jayson C

Jan 17, 2020

Awesome Course...had some issues with the labs, but the kind folks at quiklabs helped out with a little bit of persistence on my part. I learned a lot. And I liked the instructor.

By Jede B

Jul 22, 2020

The window package update in command line was a bit difficult to understand. In the supplemental reading - there are so many choices - it gets confusing and is very time consuming!

By Rodeo N

Apr 28, 2020

i like that they do not just let you blow through the weeks at the end they do test your knowledge and expect you to fix all the issues you learn about through the first 5 weeks!

By M.Gh

Nov 29, 2021

It is a nice course but hard to go through , needs more explanations by practical steps i.e more examples , moreover supplemental readings need to by more adjusted to the topic.

By Saif A

Oct 3, 2021

Quite good and detailed but the Last week exercise if the required objective is not reached a better feedback of what is further required to reach the objective should be given