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Linux for Beginners: An Introduction to the Linux Operating System and Command Line
If you want to learn how to use Linux, but don't know where to start, listen on.
Knowing where to start when learning a new skill can be a challenge, especially when the topic seems so vast. There can be so much information available that you can't even decide where to start. Or worse, you start down the path of learning and quickly discover too many concepts, commands, and nuances that aren't explained. This kind of experience is frustrating and leaves you with more questions than answers.
Linux for Beginners doesn't make any assumptions about your background or knowledge of Linux. You need no prior knowledge to benefit from this audiobook. You will be guided step by step using a logical and systematic approach. As new concepts, commands, or jargon are encountered, they are explained in plain language, making it easy for anyone to understand.
Here is what you will learn by listening to Linux for Beginners:
How to get access to a Linux server if you don't already What a Linux distribution is and which one to choose What software is needed to connect to Linux from Mac and Windows computers What SSH is and how to use it, including creating and using SSH keys The file system layout of Linux systems and where to find programs, configurations, and documentation The basic Linux commands you'll use most often Creating, renaming, moving, and deleting directories Listing, reading, creating, editing, copying, and deleting files Exactly how permissions work and how to decipher the most cryptic Linux permissions with ease How to use the nano, vi, and emacs editors Two methods to search for files and directories What you learn in Linux for Beginners applies to any Linux environment including Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, RedHat, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Slackware, and more.
Knowing where to start when learning a new skill can be a challenge, especially when the topic seems so vast. There can be so much information available that you can't even decide where to start. Or worse, you start down the path of learning and quickly discover too many concepts, commands, and nuances that aren't explained. This kind of experience is frustrating and leaves you with more questions than answers.
Linux for Beginners doesn't make any assumptions about your background or knowledge of Linux. You need no prior knowledge to benefit from this audiobook. You will be guided step by step using a logical and systematic approach. As new concepts, commands, or jargon are encountered, they are explained in plain language, making it easy for anyone to understand.
Here is what you will learn by listening to Linux for Beginners:
How to get access to a Linux server if you don't already What a Linux distribution is and which one to choose What software is needed to connect to Linux from Mac and Windows computers What SSH is and how to use it, including creating and using SSH keys The file system layout of Linux systems and where to find programs, configurations, and documentation The basic Linux commands you'll use most often Creating, renaming, moving, and deleting directories Listing, reading, creating, editing, copying, and deleting files Exactly how permissions work and how to decipher the most cryptic Linux permissions with ease How to use the nano, vi, and emacs editors Two methods to search for files and directories What you learn in Linux for Beginners applies to any Linux environment including Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, RedHat, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Slackware, and more.
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First published January 2, 2014
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April 17, 2020
Great start
A nice introduction for beginners Nd a good refresh for non-beginners.
The book has great extra resources for if you want to dive deeper.
A nice introduction for beginners Nd a good refresh for non-beginners.
The book has great extra resources for if you want to dive deeper.
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January 19, 2014Good book for beginners
It's a good read, May be a little hard to follow if you've never used linux shell before. However not impossible to understand if you're a beginner. A wonderful book for reference for beginners. I would recommend and being free you can't go wrong.
It's a good read, May be a little hard to follow if you've never used linux shell before. However not impossible to understand if you're a beginner. A wonderful book for reference for beginners. I would recommend and being free you can't go wrong.
June 21, 2021
This book really is an introductory book on Linux. It assumes you're using Linux on a server but most of it also applies to Linux based desktop operating systems. Having used Ubuntu for about a year now, I had already gathered together a lot of the knowledge by googling and looking for problem-specific articles.
It was still beneficial to have all the information located in one place though. What I benefited from the most were the more abstract parts of an OS. Every then and now there was a command I had not seen before but most I had already learned from stack overflow. As that form of learning mostly consists of copying and pasting different commands, you don't really learn why you do certain things in this or that way. These parts of the book could have been expanded a bit in my opinion. But then again, the book is targeted at beginners.
It was still beneficial to have all the information located in one place though. What I benefited from the most were the more abstract parts of an OS. Every then and now there was a command I had not seen before but most I had already learned from stack overflow. As that form of learning mostly consists of copying and pasting different commands, you don't really learn why you do certain things in this or that way. These parts of the book could have been expanded a bit in my opinion. But then again, the book is targeted at beginners.
February 16, 2022
Quite good introductory book for beginners, found a couple of points on common commands that I actually wasn't aware of in there as well - despite being a Linux engineer for several years - always something new to learn.
Could use a bit better editing, however the point was still obvious where that was the case (though I did chuckle at 'dpkg' being referred to as 'dkpg' in one line).
Other than that, the only issue would be that it is getting a little dated and missing a few small things (like the introduction of dnf on rpm-based systems, for example), but that kind of thing is expected with IT books as they age.
Could use a bit better editing, however the point was still obvious where that was the case (though I did chuckle at 'dpkg' being referred to as 'dkpg' in one line).
Other than that, the only issue would be that it is getting a little dated and missing a few small things (like the introduction of dnf on rpm-based systems, for example), but that kind of thing is expected with IT books as they age.
January 14, 2018
This is the go to book for anyone who is exposed to Linux environments in enterprise or DevOps environments with limited daily Linux exposure but need to get the bare essentials up and running in no time.
I think the content on SELinux should have been captured in more depth as that is the most common ACL mechanism in enterprise linux.
Content on containers, VMs and clustering were missing to cover the basics of a linux workload for beginners.
4 stars for not giving any intro to the OS internals or design philosophy essential for a newcomer.
I think the content on SELinux should have been captured in more depth as that is the most common ACL mechanism in enterprise linux.
Content on containers, VMs and clustering were missing to cover the basics of a linux workload for beginners.
4 stars for not giving any intro to the OS internals or design philosophy essential for a newcomer.
May 1, 2018
This book is a good reference for using basic commands on Linux systems, but it’s content is very “raw” and focused on being very “hands on” with the system. Too little background informations are given to understand topics, but for learning commands it’s certainly better than reading man pages of them. The title of the book should be something like: “introduction to the command line on a linux OS” since as it stands it might misrepresent the contents of It, since you won’t learn about Linux OS much, but almost exclusively it teaches you bunch of basic commands.
April 12, 2022
I believe it is a good introduction to linux, a bit too short in some departments.
All in all it is quite simple to understand and to practice, there great examples in the book.
The only thing I disliked were the ads in the book, they could have been placed at the end of the the book and they were, so I am not sure why some of them were placed in different locations of the book too.
All in all it is quite simple to understand and to practice, there great examples in the book.
The only thing I disliked were the ads in the book, they could have been placed at the end of the the book and they were, so I am not sure why some of them were placed in different locations of the book too.
May 31, 2023
good introduction for linux
Got a better understanding of the commands grep, apt, su, sudo. Also was introduced to many new things. I need to read it again to fully understand all the content. Also very nice detail at the ending of each chapter author recommends more websites for a deep dive of the chapters content.
Got a better understanding of the commands grep, apt, su, sudo. Also was introduced to many new things. I need to read it again to fully understand all the content. Also very nice detail at the ending of each chapter author recommends more websites for a deep dive of the chapters content.
August 4, 2018
If you are a beginner in the Linux world and want to know the power of the shell in Linux it’s definitely the book for you. It’s simple book but does contain a lot of useful concepts to understand how the Linux system is organized.
November 6, 2018
It teaches 'properly'
This is an amazingly thorough and concise guide to the underlying concepts and framework that introduces Shell properly. From this, other Shell instructions actually make sense.
This is an amazingly thorough and concise guide to the underlying concepts and framework that introduces Shell properly. From this, other Shell instructions actually make sense.
May 15, 2020
I did learn about the Linux command line by reading this book. But I suspect I'd remember it more easily if it had been a little more interactive. I'd call this a good start. Btw, the author offers an online course that I suspect would be more interactive.
April 18, 2022
I have used Linux in the past for numerous times, and this e-book helped me to stabilize my knowledge around the most practical operations, which would be enough for the typical SysOps activities. It was a very comprehensive Linux tutorial that went beyond the “beginner” level.
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December 28, 2024On the first page was a link that lead to my computer being frozen, and said "Call Microsoft Security, don't turn off your computer." I turned off the computer and restarted and everything was okay. I stopped reading the book after that.
March 13, 2018
Great for beginners!
Really good overview of the Linux environment, basics ins and outs and so forth. Great companion to the course on Udemy / Linux Training Academy as well.
Really good overview of the Linux environment, basics ins and outs and so forth. Great companion to the course on Udemy / Linux Training Academy as well.
June 29, 2018
Good book for the beginner. I got something out of it. It reminded me of somethings I forgot.
November 5, 2018
Succint yet comprehensive
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May 22, 2019
I'll need to re-read while actually doing the exercises, but it did help my basic understanding.
February 8, 2020
I want to read it
February 11, 2020
Książka dla początkujących.
May 25, 2020
A good beginners book
This book makes no assumptions as to what you know and just lays out some foundational Linux topics to help you build on.
This book makes no assumptions as to what you know and just lays out some foundational Linux topics to help you build on.
June 1, 2022
Good
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July 9, 2022
Always something to learn
Read the book just from curiosity :) Very good book for beginners! Will recommend to all my friends, wanted to learn Linux!
Read the book just from curiosity :) Very good book for beginners! Will recommend to all my friends, wanted to learn Linux!
January 31, 2023
Found many detailed cmd extensions for newbies, while lack of according explanations.
March 24, 2023
I dunno what happend to those who give this book a five star. I just think it is totally useless.
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May 26, 2023nice
September 18, 2023
Awesome book to start in Linux
February 2, 2024
An amazing start in the world of linux and command line
April 30, 2024
so many examples
This book is illustrated with many examples so you can easily pick up the subtleties of command line syntax. Lots of additional resource suggestions
This book is illustrated with many examples so you can easily pick up the subtleties of command line syntax. Lots of additional resource suggestions
January 30, 2023
He really brought you into the Linux world and gave you a plethora of practical steps the make the best of the OS
2nd Reading on Audible
12:19:24 Monday the 30th on January 2023
It was a good read, it is only 4 hours so he just covered the main points, I like the fact that since I know a bit more about Linux I understood a couple of the commands he was sharing.
2nd Reading on Audible
12:19:24 Monday the 30th on January 2023
It was a good read, it is only 4 hours so he just covered the main points, I like the fact that since I know a bit more about Linux I understood a couple of the commands he was sharing.
January 24, 2015
iNor bad for someone new to Linux or someone like me who took an extended break and needs a refresher. Nothing goes very deep though, it would have been nice if the switches in the example commands had been explained in more detail.
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