In this section we are going to cover Linux operating systems.
Linux is an open source software used by many enterprise platforms one compare.
There are many differences between Linux and Windows operating system.
Linux is the clear winner in many categories as far as price reliability and security but most environments
use the Windows operating system for servers laptops and desktops because they're easier to use and
manage earlier in this course.
We learn how to install Kayley Linux.
You can use the Kelly Linux terminal to follow along with examples in this Linux section.
You could use any Linux distribution really since you only need the Terminal application if you'd like
to install a different version of Linux.
Other than Cali I have a download link in the resources section of this lecture.
A boon to is a very common one that's going to give you a nice GUI desktop that has its own version
of like the Windows Office tools so you can have Word documents and spreadsheets.
Most of the time when you're working in Linux you're going to be using the terminal program to launch
the terminal.
You can just look in the left hand pain and left click on terminal or you can hit your search key on
your computer like for Windows if I hit the windows key it pulls up a search bar and then I can just
type in terminal and search for it.
And this is what a Linux terminal looks like.
It really is a new language that you have to learn.
I also have a cheat sheet for Linux commands added as a resource in this lecture so take a look at that.
You can do stuff like Ping IP's just like you could from any network device.
You can look at your IP address with its config.
That's pretty common one.
They should know
navigate.
File systems
Linux has most of the capabilities that your Windows or Mac operating systems have.
It's just a little more difficult to use learning Linux is beneficial night world alone because a lot
of servers run on Linux operating systems.
As far as cybersecurity goes it's even more beneficial.
Just because a lot of cybersecurity tools that are available use Linux operating systems.