The Linux Foundation’s Introduction to Linux course is very popular, but there is a need to make more materials available to more people, McPherson said. “This course will be free as a MOOC ...

Introduction to Linux is delivered as a series of 75 self-paced video lectures, which the VTC site claims will take around 6.5 hours to go through in total.

Want to learn your way around Linux? Your free Linux introduction class opportunity starts on August 1st. Written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Senior Contributing Editor Aug. 1, 2014, 2:50 p.m. PT ...

This introductory class, which usually costs $2,400, will be the first from the Linux Foundation to run as a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). There is no limit on enrollment through edX's platform.

Fedora is a fantastic, all-around Linux distribution, and it's my distro of choice for everything from ancient laptops to my ...

Most of the more powerful compact form-factor single-board computers (SBCs) run one of the popular Linux distributions designed for use with these embedded boards. While there isn’t a specific version ...

Hi open source fans. I want to kick off this blog with a little intro to the BLUG, or Beijing Linux User Group. The BLUG was launched on Nov. 19, 2002. It is an open-for-all non-profit ...

Next comes disk partitioning. This is where some Linux users get the willies; FreeBSD is different enough from Linux to throw them for a loop. Fundamentally, however, it’s the same: We define ...

If the Linux desktop I use makes my editor’s jobs harder, then that’s not useful no matter how much I might be digging it. I want to see what tradeoffs I’d have to make by switching, and ...

The Introduction to Linux course has been prepared by Jerry Cooperstein, the Training Program Director for the Linux Foundation, and there's even a short welcome message from the creator of the ...