Name & Direct Link: Linux for OSINT

Platform: GitHub

Cost: Free

Hands-On: Yes

Good for Beginners: Yes

Topics: Working with Files and Directories, Bash Script Syntax, Install and Run Utilities, Batch File Processing, Downloading Files and Working with APIs, Curl, Grep, Sed, Awk, Vim Text Editor, Screen and Crone, Text Analyzing and Editing Utilities, Video, Audio, Images, PDF, MS Office Files, JSON, XML, CSV, Scraping, Web Search Automation Tools, File Sharing Sites, Torrents, FTP, Domain Investigation, Git and GitHub, Tools to Make Linux Easier to Use

Name & Direct Link: LPI Linux Essentials Exam Preparation Guide

Platform: Dragon Eye Intelligence

Topics: The Linux Community and a Career in Open Source, Command Line Basics, Using the Command Line to Get Help, Using Directories and Listing Files, Creating, Moving, and Deleting Files, Archiving Files on the Command Line, Understanding Computer Hardware, Where Data is Stored, Your Computer on the Network, Basic Security and Identifying User Types, Creating Users and Groups, Managing File Permissions and Ownership, Special Directories and Files

Name & Direct Link: Intro to the Linux Command Line

Platform: The Taggart Institute

Hands-On: Yes

Good for Beginners: Yes – this is a beginner level course

Community: There is a Taggart Tech Discord server

Topics: Syntax, Navigating the Filesystem, Advanced File Viewing, Networking, Text Editors, Pipes, Output Redirection, Scripts, Schedules, Alternative Shells and Customizations

Name & Direct Link: Linux Command Line Tutorial

Platform: YouTube – BlueMonkey 4n6

Good For Beginners: Yes

Topics: Creating a Virtual Machine, Looking at Files, Vi Text Editor, Hardware, Users and Groups, File Attributes, Partitioning and Formatting, Mounting and Unmounting Disks/Partitions, Imaging and Verification Tools, Mounding of dd and EWF Images, Networking, Netcat, Live Capture, Incident Response, Network Aquisition, Linux Commands

Name & Direct Link: An A-Z Index of the Linux Command Line

Platform: SS64

Community: There is a SS64 Discussion Forum

Name & Direct Link: Linux Journey

Good for Beginners: Yes

Hands-On Component: Yes

Topics: Linux Command Line, User Management, Permissions, Processes, Packages, Devices, Filesystem, Kernel, Init, Process Utilization, Logging, Network Sharing, Network Basics, Subnetting, Routing, Network Configuration, DNS

Name & Direct Link: Linux Workshop (Hands On Introduction to Linux) by Wesley Phillips

Platform: YouTube – Blacks in Cybersecurity

For Beginners: Yes

Hands-On Component: Yes

Topics: Linux

Name & Direct Link: NDG Linux Essentials

Platform: Cisco Networking Academy

Hands-On Component: Yes

Proof of Completion: Yes – Certificate of Completion

Topics: Open Source Software and Licensing, Command Line, Linux Filesystem, Files and Directories, Archiving and Compression, Basic Scripting, Computer Hardware, Data Storage, System & User Security, Users & Groups, Ownership & Permissions

Name & Direct Link: NDG Linux Unhatched

Platform: Cisco Networking Academy

Good For Beginners: Yes

Hands-On Component: Yes

Proof of Completion: Yes – Certificate of Completion

Topics: Linux Installation and Configuration, Linux Command Line Interface (CLI), Linux Virtual Machine

Name & Direct Link: Introduction to Linux

Platform: edX

For Beginners: Yes

Proof of Completion: Costs Extra

Topics: Command Line Operations, Linux Distributions, System Configurations, Linux GUI, Common Linux Applications