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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

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!

BO

Apr 1, 2019

This is my most favorite module module, especially the Linux, which is my all time favorite OS ever enjoy learning, working Programing, and configuring, and will continue enjoying til the end of time.

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By Freyja T

Mar 7, 2021

The labs at the end of the course were difficult to say the least, but overall, the course was great!

By Joe F

Jun 27, 2018

Lab scoring takes a while and sometimes doesn't work. I had to do the Linux process killing lab twice

By Donna S

Jun 16, 2021

This one was confusing. NO help and just you figure it out. I did and I passed but it was confusing.

By Zian Z

Jul 31, 2020

Overall kind of interesting, but sometimes tedious. Mostly memorization which is not my strong suit.

By Justin L

Jul 10, 2020

Linux typos make this course very frustrating at times but if you have patience you can learn a lot.

By Hildegárd K

Oct 9, 2021

Be careful with Quicklabs, it may try to trick you. If you know what you are doing, you'll succeed!

By Sudhanshu D

Jan 26, 2020

very good course but some more information and proper steps through pic is required in logs module.

By Justin G

Jun 11, 2019

Learned a lot, more VM's to practice on would help a lot, even if they are not towards final grade.

By Montel P

Feb 6, 2024

It should be more hands on in small bites. We get hand held until the last lab and then thrown in.

By Emmanuel J D P

May 26, 2022

Some labs needs improvement, some instructions are broken and do not reflect the actual exercise.

By Johnny L C I

Apr 26, 2020

Good Course to give you a real feel for how to perform basic management of Windows and Linux OSes.

By Luis M

Aug 18, 2019

I liked this course. in Linux I had to do further research but it was to help me succeed and learn

By Andrew A

May 13, 2018

It is not too difficult, nor too easy. It is just right. There are a lot of things I have learned.

By Alexis A

May 11, 2018

This course is a good intro to IT for new users. But there should be more interactive assignments.

By Kadija D

Jan 13, 2022

Course is very imformative and interesting, as it help me learn the ins and outs of computer OS.

By Roberto M

May 3, 2021

This course was tough but taught me a lot. Coursera support was great when i was stuck on a task.

By Andrew S

Mar 24, 2021

I think this was one of the more fun courses. I liked the interactivity - it was easier to learn.

By Mortimer L

Dec 20, 2018

There is a lot to learn (and practice) here for this challenging course (if you are new to this).

By Bitol C T

Sep 18, 2021

Very demanding course but thanks to vibrant and kind support personnel , everything made simple!

By Johnny D

Nov 28, 2019

Very interesting but a bit complicated as we use the CLI and not normal standard user interfaces

By Frank L

May 28, 2019

Overall pretty straight-forward, some of the steps in the labs could be a little bit more clear.

By Eric

Dec 1, 2018

I wish they would fix the glitches with quizzes. It affects my confidence in what I am learning.

By Hilary U

Mar 22, 2018

The only thing holding this back from being a 5 star review is the glitchy qwiklabs environment.

By Kirk R

Nov 2, 2023

This was a bit challenging but I did learn a lot, especially on using logs to track any issues.

By Abdul M N

Nov 11, 2022

Definitely learned few thing especially about logs and identify issue in both linux and Windows