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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Designing Breakthrough Advertisements: Basics to Begin

    Skills you'll gain: Copywriting, Advertising, Marketing Materials, Promotional Materials, Marketing Design, Writing, Graphic and Visual Design, Creative Design, Typography, Storytelling, Design Elements And Principles, Creativity

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Dartmouth College

    The Basics of Libertarian Free Will

    Skills you'll gain: Liberal Arts, Systems Thinking, Psychology, Research, Science and Research

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    11 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera Project Network

    Build a Guessing Game in C# on Linux

    Skills you'll gain: C# (Programming Language), Microsoft Visual Studio, .NET Framework, Game Design, Programming Principles, Linux, Application Development, Cross Platform Development

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: New
    New
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    Free Trial
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    Packt

    Terraform Basics - Managing Infrastructure as Code

    Skills you'll gain: Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Terraform, Amazon Web Services, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Development Environment, Amazon S3, Infrastructure Security, Cloud Infrastructure, Command-Line Interface, Integrated Development Environments, Multi-Factor Authentication, Software Installation

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    G

    Google

    Operating Systems and You: Becoming a Power User

    Skills you'll gain: Operating System Administration, Package and Software Management, File Systems, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, OS Process Management, Linux Administration, Remote Access Systems, System Monitoring, Command-Line Interface, User Accounts, Systems Administration, Windows PowerShell, Technical Support and Services, File Management, Virtualization

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    29K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    A

    Arizona State University

    Dark Data Basics - Understanding the Unknown

    Skills you'll gain: Computational Thinking, Data Strategy, Unstructured Data, Data Access, Data Literacy, Data Analysis, Data Management, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Collection

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: New
    New
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    Free Trial
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    Skillshare

    Affinity Photo: Beyond the Basics – Masking & Color

    Skills you'll gain: Photo Editing, Color Matching, Color Theory, Image Quality, Editing

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Packt

    Advanced Game Development and Unity Basics

    Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Android Development, Unity Engine, Video Game Development, 3D Assets, Mobile Development, User Interface (UI), User Interface (UI) Design, C# (Programming Language), Animations, Scripting

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: New
    New
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    Free Trial
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    Skillshare

    Affinity Photo: Beyond the Basics – Retouching Skills

    Skills you'll gain: Photo Editing, Photography, Image Quality, Computer Graphic Techniques

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: New
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    Skillshare

    Affinity Photo: Beyond the Basics – Pro Compositing

    Skills you'll gain: Photo Editing, Photography, Computer Graphic Techniques, Color Matching, Image Quality, Editing, Design Elements And Principles

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    IBM

    Linux and Private Cloud Administration on IBM Power Systems

    Skills you'll gain: Linux, Package and Software Management, Linux Administration, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, File Systems, Linux Commands, Linux Servers, User Accounts, OS Process Management, Operating System Administration, Virtualization, File Management, Command-Line Interface, Bash (Scripting Language), Systems Administration, Unix Shell, Virtualization and Virtual Machines, Virtual Machines, TCP/IP, Cloud Computing

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    206 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
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    Duke University

    Python and Rust with Linux Command Line Tools

    Skills you'll gain: Rust (Programming Language), Serverless Computing, Command-Line Interface, Maintainability, Amazon Web Services, Linux Commands, Unix Commands, Application Deployment, Software Development Tools, Program Development, System Programming, Python Programming, Performance Tuning, Debugging, Software Testing

    5
    Rating, 5 out of 5 stars
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    16 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular linux basics courses

  • Designing Breakthrough Advertisements: Basics to Begin: University of Colorado Boulder
  • The Basics of Libertarian Free Will: Dartmouth College
  • Build a Guessing Game in C# on Linux: Coursera Project Network
  • Terraform Basics - Managing Infrastructure as Code: Packt
  • Operating Systems and You: Becoming a Power User: Google
  • Dark Data Basics - Understanding the Unknown: Arizona State University
  • Affinity Photo: Beyond the Basics – Masking & Color: Skillshare
  • Advanced Game Development and Unity Basics: Packt
  • Affinity Photo: Beyond the Basics – Retouching Skills: Skillshare
  • Affinity Photo: Beyond the Basics – Pro Compositing: Skillshare

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