Skill · Linux · Work on a Linux system
Install a Linux system and identify its distribution
Choose a server distribution, install Linux in a virtual machine, on a server or in WSL2, then identify the resulting system: distribution, version, kernel and hardware.
Start lesson 1The Linux domain
- 7 lessons
- ~4 h 00 of reading
- 6 quizzes
- 0 proof lab
The path
Where it comes from, where it leads
What you need to know first, where you stand on this skill, and what it opens next. Your status is computed in your browser, from what you have read and passed.
Before · no prerequisite
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This skill, for you
Install a Linux system and identify its distribution
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Lessons
How to learn it
7 lessons, about ~4 h 00, in program order. Each lesson ends with its quiz.
The program
7 lessons · ~4 h 00
- 1Discover Linux: where to start?· 20 min
- 2Linux fundamentals· 50 min
- 3Choose a Linux server distribution· 35 min
- 4Install Linux in a virtual machine· 45 min
- 5Install a Linux server· 30 min
- 6Install WSL2 on Windows 10 and 11 for a local Linux· 30 min
- 7Identify your Linux system· 30 min
Beyond the lessons
Assess, practise, pass the proof
Reading a lesson confirms nothing. A skill is confirmed by a passed quiz, practised in a guided lab, and put to the test by a challenge or a mission; an imported lab result is not verified by the site.
Assess yourself
6 quizzes
At the end of the lessons: passed at 70%, they confirm the skill.
Practice
3 guided labs
Proof
No proof
Neither a challenge nor a mission with a proof yet.
Placement test
Preparing the questions…
Your answers in detail
For each question asked: your answer, the correct answer, its explanation and the page to reread.
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