Linux Operating System - Crash Course for Beginners

Learn the basics of the Linux Operating System in this crash course for beginners. Linux is a clone of the UNIX operating system, so understanding one is understanding the other. The goal is for you to get a full understanding of how the Linux OS works. If you're still using Windows or Mac OS, you can still learn Linux using a virtual machine.
✏️ Course from KeepItTechie. Check out his KZbin channel: / @keepittechie
⭐️ Course Contents ⭐
⌨️ (0:00:00) Intro
⌨️ (0:08:09) Install Linux
⌨️ (0:29:43) Desktop Environment
⌨️ (0:41:18) Terminal
⌨️ (0:49:25) Working with Directories
⌨️ (1:15:49) Working with Files
⌨️ (1:34:49) Working with File Content
⌨️ (1:51:14) Linux File Structure
⌨️ (2:03:68) System Information
⌨️ (2:15:42) Networking
⌨️ (2:20:10) Linux Package Manager
⌨️ (2:34:10) Text Editor
⌨️ (2:46:56) Outro
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[@jonettebrowning3824]

I'm only 20 minutes in and you are making it easy for me (75 yo) to understand most of what you are saying. Microsoft is killing my pc that may grandson built for me back in 2015 with os 7 which I upgraded to os 10 for free. But now it takes my system over 15 minutes to startup and it has a lot of os 11 being downloaded. All I use the computer (tower type) for is reading (52 inch monitor as I have bad eye sight) and surfing (T Mobile hub connection). I don't need the office stuff. Thanks for making it easy to comprehend as I'll be watching this for a while.

[@BrucePain-_-]

tell your grandson to install SSD to your PC instead of HDD, your PC will boot much much much faster and overall run much faster, its night and day

[@hazeman9097]

Imagine her grandson reaction when he sees Linux on desktop.

[@alexthotse5487]

@@hazeman9097 He will die for sure

[@MrCaipiroshka]

@@hazeman9097 hhahahaha

[@techtbe]

Stay healthy mom 🙏🙏🙏

[@Sandra-dq7ii]

It would be unfair to my conscience and humankind if I watched this video without leaving a review. I have watched a couple of Linux videos on KZbin, and I can tell you, that your teaching pattern is 10/10. you broke it down to the level that any layman could comprehend. Thank you so much!

[@danielcastano1295]

For those who are wondering, this is a very introductory course, do not expect to find here commands and concepts beyond the basics for a relatively standard use of the operating system.

[@BlackDev]

1:00

[@nlegacysolo]

Yes, AWESOME introductory course.

[@EvoSchecter]

He explains this.

[@Voliti0N]

Let’s BASH our way though this together!!!! *quote from a friendly ghost named Casper* 👻

[@xzxxx-km4vy]

Some cucks have hearing problems, its because of the chimpanzee brain

[@vthreee]

great video! if anyone was wondering how he finishes some lines so quick; he's just hitting the TAB key after typing some of the beginning of a file, its a nifty terminal trick.

[@Voliti0N]

😂 if only it were so easy

[@justinperry7762]

I normally don't leave comments but this one deserves some kudos. I love how you took your time. I appreciate the patience. I will be following you to do more.

[@WesleyRademan]

The timing could not be more perfect. I’m 3 weeks into my final semester of my Computer Science degree and one of the modules focus on the Linux OS. Thank you for the upload!

[@nekochan1840]

same bro same...

[@xrafter]

Yes, f*ck FSF. Linux is an OS by itself. You are right.

[@smeggers]

@@xrafter free software foundation??

[@xrafter]

@@smeggers What is that?

[@smeggers]

@@xrafter fsf stands for free software foundation but I'm confused what you meant by it in your comment? ┐(‘～`;)┌

[@n.m4497]

Ive been using Linux for years now. I listen to this video to fall asleep to this pleasant story. Linux and Gnu are amazing.

[@cybellaRob]

Damn, this is my 2nd week in trying to learn this and you have broken it down in such a simplistic manner. Much appreciated and you're teaching is so chill. Good job!

[@sprtwlf9314]

I always enjoy this channel. Everything is explained so well and not in a rush. Very easy to understand even for beginners. Excellent.

[@CeaserMadrazo]

Dude, this made many things crystal clear for me. I spent a lot of time looking for a decent beginner Linux course, and yours is by far the best I've found! Thanks for making this!

[@chapoaveli714]

Were you a complete beginner? I have no knowledge in Linux and I’m about to start watching this video.

[@damageplan1978]

This guy is putting me to sleep toooo mono tone

[@thecodfather7109]

The timing... Honestly it's like you guys can read minds!

[@mineshadow9483]

It's Google spying u with ur phone mate

[@thecodfather7109]

@@mineshadow9483 I wouldn't be surprised lol

[@mineshadow9483]

@@thecodfather7109 one thing about linux lesson class is so hard to find teacher that teaching about problem solving while a device with linux got broken, such as microphone not working or even speakers not working. That's made me frustrated about linux

[@mayankrathore8721]

@♜ Pinned by_FreeCodeCamp Fake

[@carnelianknight5713]

wish we had intermeddiate mini courses too. I know my basics like a desktop environment and the terminal and different distributions but I wanna get to the advanced stuff. But this course is pretty great. Nails the basics and helps set people up for using linux all the time.

[@clusterbx]

@KeepItTechie Thanks for the effort in producing this 2 hour plus video. I finished every second of it. As a beginner in Linux, i am now more confident of using ubuntu with the terminal mode.

[@barrychuckle5565]

I'm only an hour in, but this is fantastic. It's exactly what I've been looking for. Online articles are so confusing. You explain it so well; for example, saying to use the arrow keys to go up and down the manuals. Thank you!

[@mikethomas1926]

Josh, I absolutely had to subscribe to aid you in any way possible, can't thank you enough for your time and this well laid out and excellent beginner Linux course.

[@tomijsx]

Awesome video. Spent my day following this course, and it was worth every min of my time!

[@Omer-kn1xe]

It's not everyday you get to learn Linux from ice cube

[@eliqueen5617]

This was great, very easy to follow and understand. It really helps that you are taking your time explaining everything simply rather than sounding like youre reading from a textbook. Definitly will follow 100%

[@PureAwareness76]

Love this Josh 😍 For a beginner, your channel and this vid is a blessing. Thank you!

[@raptor0956]

Probably the best and most patient explanation of Linux of beginners out there. I've subscribed to your channel. Thanks

[@mrcruzantrini]

This video was awesome! Thank you for doing this! It was extremely helpful. You're a great instructor!

[@Oboy0605]

YOU are an amazing teacher! My first time ever looking at Linux. I was a Cobol programmer back in the 80's. Your presentation is so smooth. Keep up the good work.

[@aethrya]

Dang

[@akinomolere2694]

I must commend you for a well presented Linux course. The delivery was excellent. Thank you for putting all into it.

[@petervandijk7533]

This is amazing stuff, Josh. Was just considering giving an older but still great mac a new lease on life with Linux. It’s awhile ago since I last used Linux. Super happy to have found this! 👌👌👌🙏🙏🙏

[@nbent4607]

A truly comprehensable tutorial for Linux begginers. Thanks a lot!

[@qinxiaoshu4252]

Thank you, man, you are a good teacher, and it is a perfect course for Linux beginners!

[@edwardf56]

Thoroughly enjoyed the free class on Linux. I came across your KZbin video while looking for information on using Bash shell for my CySA class. Again thank you and your teaching style is most appreciative and made sense to me. I am retired from the entertainment industry and hope to get something in the CySA field to keep me busy.

[@AZTechGuy]

I haven't used linux since 2018. This is a great refresher course and now it all came back to me. thanks for your time and effort to make this video

[@pandaonsteroids5154]

What a great tutorial! It's simple and makes perfect sense. Easy to follow. I am supposed to be doing research next semester with my professor, and I need to know how to do basic linux commands. Thanks to this video, I will not be in the dark. Awesome!

[@muskansyed2037]

Same here I have to learn to do Linux work for bioinformatics

[@tatoyahiri3327]

I've set up a schedule, at least 50min/day. This guy doing a great job. Thank you for helping us 🙏🏽

[@anthonyevans4909]

Thank you Josh. This was a huge help for me to understand the basics of Linux and pursue more advanced knowledge of the linux os.💯

[@sendswift]

I came here after trying others and goodness me, you are the best tutor by a mile. You, sir, just got an avid follower. Thank you

[@shloksuman8164]

gotta love the youtube algorithms,,, really lookin forward to try out Linux

[@mayankrai7938]

Me too 👌😉🤞

[@BlackDev]

From future yussss

[@Kremlin-Dusk]

I searched for this

[@liquidmobius]

How's everyone's journey going so far?

[@BlackDev]

Welp I completely forgot all knowledge from this video but I am a Front-End Developer job hunting now and plan to rewatch to refresh memory hahs

[@TheRailwayDrone]

This is the best Linux video I've ever seen. Thank you so much for teaching me what I thought was confusing. This course has been so much help.

[@user-jg8lx7ss6u]

Such a smooth explanation! I've never thought that teaching can be so enjoyable

[@ctaylor960]

Great course! I have an interview coming up in a couple hours and needed a refresh on this stuff. Thanks!

[@blackmanreacts3083]

Perfect timing. I am 3 weeks into my data engineering course and coming from a non tech background...you have just made my learning easier less than 20 mins into the video. Thanks a bunch!!

[@onradioactivewaves]

Do yourself a favor a keep a 32 bit live Linux on a USB, you'll be glad you have it of and when you need it.

[@Voliti0N]

@@onradioactivewaves running on another’s 64 distro? Which one partionally speaking here are we using sir? I’m not saying don’t make an executable for a VM run overlaying any type of a computer’s BIOS or heck do if you want too.. idk there are plenty of programs to make ISOs off of! Rufus was and is the one I know mostly about, it flash’s a OS that can run off the smallest amount of storage space so you can use what’ve r type of removable you’d like 👍

[@onradioactivewaves]

@@Voliti0N I used fedora live USB creator or past decade been in Ubuntu. You can do 64 bit but 32 bit has saved me getting onto 32 bit machines, maybe that doesn't matter so much anymore.savede quite a few times my computer or work computers failed.

[@RoseGoldHunii]

This helped me so much with my intro courses!! Thank you for making this!!

[@CodeWithOtabek]

I have just finished this Linux Crash Course! Very clear and good explanation! Thank you!

[@vinodcs80]

I have tried some commands/installation in Linux but was never confident becauz i don not the basics of the Linux OS. your session is super useful to get started and understand the basics. Thanks a lot, appreciate it. Eagerly waiting for your next session which covers advanced stuff.

[@Voliti0N]

Research setting up your NETBIOS & maybe even getting your own DNS server up and running to help with this

[@godsen5500]

Wow! Simply incredible teaching..... Thanks!

[@universodacomputacao]

I love the way you speaks. It sounds so clearly for me, and I'm not even fluent in english (nor advanced). So thank you a lot for this course I hope to see you again in a future course.

[@ilona7051]

Thank you so much. Linux was love at first sight! I almost got stuck in the last part of the installation (29:41) where the following message popped up: 'Please remove the installation medium, then press ENTER:' In the end I went to Devices > Optical Drives, then selected 'ubuntu-23.04-desktop-amd64.iso' and clicked 'Remove disk from virtual drive' (don't worry, the virtual machine won't suddenly explode or delete everything on your computer). It worked.

[@storckeunboxchannel3719]

I will be using Mac OS for most things. Most of These concepts will certainly apply to UNIX as well. A very thorough course.

[@raphaelgman9265]

This was an outstanding presentation, I've learned a lot, can't wait to absorb the next course from you. Some just know how to teach and some just confuse you my friend are the 1st.

[@SuperDallas000]

You are an amazing teacher. Great job bud! Thank you for the knowledge.🙏🏼

[@Wonderman1201]

This is the most thoughtful way to learn the basics of linux ever. Great video. The way this is structured is perfect.

[@xrafter]

No, the "cd" is a shell-built-in. You got to use "help" if you want to lnow about a built-in command.

[@KeepItTechie]

I totally forgot about that while recording. Thanks!

[@tanmaypanadi1414]

@@KeepItTechie it happens but the rest of the stuff is really helpful for someone diving head first into linux

[@jsteins]

2:07:55 To show "ps" list of processes, it is more useful to use "ps -eaf" rather than "ps -A" to show memory use, CPU time, how long ago started, user-ID, and more. This usually outputs several pages of text, so you may also want to pipe it through grep, less, awk, or sort+head, to focus on the processes you want. The "pstree" command will show which procs are related to each other, as parent & child, in a branch/indented tree. For a quick screen of the heaviest process load on your machine... use command "top" which shows top CPU use, updated every 10 seconds. (press "q" to quit)

[@DennisSimplifies]

Josh, I just like your composure and how you take your time to take us through. Bless up Big man

[@gracienlebel4824]

Wow, I have enjoyed your course so much! Thanks for making learning linux so pleasant bro. I will subscribe to your channel, thanks and looking forward for more of your courses

[@Maheshpatel-fy1tu]

Yo Brother, This was one of the best explanation on " Introduction to Linux ". You look like a Pro ! Please make more Videos for Certification.

[@blazer125]

I'm only 15 minutes in and I sense this will be one of my favorite presenters

[@jsaenzMusic]

Man......glad to see someone who looks more like me in this field. I'm a Hispanic causing panic but grew up a certain way. I see you KeepItTechie!

[@samuelopoku-acheampong5601]

This one deserves some kudos. I love how you took your time

[@robertphillips7415]

Excellent introductory course, thank you. It's quite a brain strain to go from GUI to command line but worth it in the end. Two very minor comments, neither of them reduced the huge value of the course, I'm only mentioning them in case they help. At about 1h20 you used 'cd ..' but hadn't mentioned '..' before. Also in the section on 'apt' a quick description of what a linux 'package' is might help. Thanks again for a really helpful video.

[@tjoleary8738]

Awesome course and video bro....have lots of experience with Linux but learned a few things!

[@scott8964]

Excellent video with a great presentation style love this video easy to follow and understand please do lots more videos as you are perfect at teaching people in this way 😀

[@GVlis]

I'm using Linuc last ~15 years.Nice course for new users, congrats.

[@smyrtgyz]

Thank you for your time, Linux for LIFE !!!

[@ghastlyone3872]

Amazing, thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@DrChuby]

My first time ever commenting on a KZbin video. Hands down the best I have seen. Makes it easy for me especially since I'm switching from the medical field , things like these used to look like the Matrix movie to me. Thanks a lot

[@daniexcel]

Thanks Josh for this video. Your approach and pace actually made learning Linux easier.

[@motoryzen]

EzeeLinux ( Joe Collins) is another excellent ...chilled out pace source of Linux content. His bash script videos are awesome

[@mohamedshakeel2573]

Appreciate the time and effort you put into this ! Have a good one

[@yazuka2023]

what do we call -r or -i or -lt please help

[@loyal_believers8707]

Thank you Very much for this easy to understand tutorial.

[@chrisbeasley4321]

Excellent video. Really appreciate the time, effort and pace.

[@mmuhamme2001]

Love you this video. I have watched this video so many times and am still watching it. Love your teaching style, keep up the good work bro.

[@josephparker3235]

Keepittechie!!!! this is major. I just started messing with linux due to your recommendations. Thank you so much!

[@KeepItTechie]

No problem bro! I appreciate it!

[@PingingYou]

I'm hooked. I've been slapping different distros on all my old PCs

[@KeepItTechie]

That's exactly how I was when I first found Linux. 😂💪🏾

[@SkulloSurfer]

Do you have or recommend a Linux course for a level just above this one? I’d like to keep learning about terminal. Thank you for the amazing content btw!

[@OctavMandru]

Layman here, my experience is copying code from internet in hope it would work and some DOS (which I find quite similar), like 27y ago back in college. Thanks for your tempo, I could actually follow along on my RPi terminal. I was more proficient in typing in the end Thank you for your time

[@raufbabajanov6943]

the information, knowledge he squize into 2.5 h course is great, I wish we could get next level, advance course made by Josh .

[@kisharogers5741]

This was awesome. You are a great teacher for beginners. Looking forward to more of your content Josh

[@sachinbisht2581]

Nice content for beginners. Love it

[@aaronnelsonmseteka4666]

I am looking forward to other one of your Linux video, I have watched a lot a lot of videos and yours is the best so far. Keep up the good work. Thank you🙏

[@sandradorr3497]

I am enjoying this video and your teaching style. Thank you for this beginners course!!!

[@vemuladarshan6664]

Thanks for Linux course it came at a perfect time as my algo course instructor is encouraging to do programming in Linux.

[@rfrancoi]

Great stuff Sir. Your material has a lot of substance for foundation learners.

[@yazuka2023]

what do we call -r or -i or -lt please help

[@rfrancoi]

@@yazuka2023 "Switches". Please keep in mind that those switches have different uses when used with different commands. If you want to find out what they are used for type 'man' followed by the command. Hope I was able to help.

[@Voliti0N]

@@yazuka2023 idk… ask the triad what they think and let’s figure this out together!!! Blouds❤ & Cryptos unique in size and shape are not a problem for 😊!!!

[@aquinasd4365]

He said 'the best way to become a guru is to keep using Linux'. Definitely motivated to learn more. Thanks as always.

[@Owojama]

I actually finished the course. Now I am ready to go intermediate. Thank you for scripting out and amazing piece.

[@collinskariuki7089]

I am a beginner in Linux and this course was truly amazing and helped me get grasp of Ubuntu OS. Thank you for sharing it. I'd recommend people play the video at a speed of 1.25.

[@chefj4042]

Did u also apply for the Proofpoint internship?

[@yazuka2023]

what do we call -r or -i or -lt please help

[@BurhanAijaz]

i wanted to shift from windows to linux and here u r with the course, thanks

[@9xlives8]

You made this so easy to understand. Great video. Thank you! :)

[@JustLorn]

Wow this is the best video for a complete beginner like me, You are a great teacher. Thank you Sir! So many video out there claimed to be for beginner but their video says otherwise.

[@yuto2497]

Perfect timing! Currently using Mint for programming right now. This video suprised me! Gonna watch it later. Thanks Free Code Camp!

[@anynomoussucker823]

Me too! What a coincidence

[@yuto2497]

@@anynomoussucker823 Is it your first time using Linux?

[@Osama_Abbas]

Stick with Mint. Save yourself the frustration of Ubuntu (or Gnome 3 to be exact). Mint/Cinnamon is far better than Ubuntu/Gnome. In the recent decade or so, Gnome has the habit of looking for any program that works just find, discarding it, and then they proceed to build an inferior version of it, with about 5% of its original functionality! Just compare Gnome Files to the original old Nautilus (Or Nemo in Mint). Tl;dr: Stick with Mint/Cinnamon, Gnome is trash.

[@yuto2497]

@@Osama_Abbas Though I've used other distros like Arch, Gentoo, and Ubuntu. I'm currently using an old laptop for Mint Xfce so my priority is performance over customization. Currently running Windows 11 as my daily driver on another pc, and planning to dual-boot it with Gentoo using DWM or any related wm's to said PC. Only using Mint for programming and also learning Linux.

[@xrafter]

@@yuto2497 Time to compile the kernel ?

[@rex6418]

Some days ago I commented to bring a course on OS and here is the Linus OS guide I mean just how good is this channel

[@ssgdean1969]

This is an excellent walk through of a basic Linux system and anyone just dipping their toes into Linux would be wise to watch this a couple times. I wish I had seen something like this when I first started because it would have saved me a lot of time fumbling through the dark,

[@leticiaespino7251]

Thanks I appreciate all the hardwork you put into making this video.

[@volodymyrkoval6931]

I would like to express my appreciation for the creation of the video. Your teaching abilities are exceptional and have been of great benefit. Thank you for the effort and hard work put into producing such a valuable resource.

[@sudokillme]

I can listen to this guy all day long

[@emekaamuzie5980]

Great!! The best Linux introductory class by far.

[@G30dude]

Thank you for this amazing introduction course to Linux!

[@darvindank1294]

Really appreciate the useful information. Wish I could give more.

[@georgepiersall3822]

Sir, Thank you so much for this video. I am currently in college for CIS-1107 - Intro to operating systems. It's a section of my Cyber Investigations degree. I didn't know squat about using the terminal except maybe dos commands like "ping." This video really helped me understand the chapter I am about to read. Thanks again. Your efforts do not go unnoticed.

[@joerosello6646]

Actually watched it from start to finish w/a second monitor running UBUNTU.. Awesome course and great method of making it very user-friendly! Learned alot and a great jumping board to more knowledge......thanku

[@TheWeirdoinchains]

Amazing course for beginners, thank you so much.

[@peterock4965]

Salute KeepItTechie! Congrats & enjoy your contents as usual.

[@shuvshaw9594]

Hi, Learners! You might find these videos helpful to setup your Linux Environment using VirtualBox. As a MACOSX user I was stuck in some problems. After watching so many videos with spending lots of time , I finally come to the actual solution. Problems : 1. Kernel Driver Not Installed (rc=-1908) Error on Mac Video solution link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKXNYX-sr7Noedk 2. Can't resize my LINUX OS window rather it was changing the VirtualBox window. Video solution link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZyTf4h3nrBkf6M

[@KaneTaichou]

I am new to Linux and your Terminal section with the man command is the best I've seen.

[@ALR0808]

I cannot thank you enough for this. You are a superb teacher. It is much appreciated.

[@kashyap.panchal]

Super awesome stuff! It'd be great if you could also touch upon installing the VM Software as well. Otherwise, awesome content!