Operating Systems Courses and Certifications

Operating Systems: Introduction

340 ratings at Codecademy

An introduction to how operating systems manage hardware, software, memory, and processes to support computer performance and functionality.

• Codecademy
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Learn about operating systems by taking a deep dive into each of its main functionalities.

• Codecademy
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Learnit Training

Windows 10 for Beginners Tutorial

9 ratings

Learn Windows 10 basics through guided practice with the desktop, Start menu, taskbar, apps, file organization, OneDrive, shortcuts, personalization, and troubleshooting.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Coursera

Introduction to Bash Shell Scripting

683 ratings at Coursera

Learn everyday Bash shell commands for navigating the system, then write a script that backs up a directory and emails the compressed file.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Discover the power of this simple yet essential text-based tool and increase your productivity as a developer.

• Codecademy
• 4 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

CS401: Operating Systems

1 rating

Study how operating systems work: processes and threads, synchronization and deadlock, CPU scheduling, memory management, file systems, security, and networking.

• Saylor University
• 120 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Linux Tools for Text Processing

Automate tedious text manipulation in Linux: use head, tail, sort, cut, uniq and split, then grep, awk and sed, and write regular expressions with anchors, quantifiers and lookahead.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Explore how operating systems manage I/O devices and interact with the hardware and software that enable computer interaction.

• Codecademy
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Learn how operating systems use filesystems to store, organize, and retrieve computer data.

• Codecademy
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Operating Systems: Processes

52 ratings at Codecademy

Learn how operating systems manage processes and threads through process scheduling.

• Codecademy
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Python and Rust with Linux Command Line Tools

16 ratings at Coursera

Build command-line tools in Python and Rust: parse arguments and subcommands, add logging and error handling, bridge both languages with PyO3, and deploy Rust AWS Lambda functions.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Second-part OS course on keeping threads safe around shared data—synchronization and deadlocks—plus how the OS governs processes' access to memory.

• Codecademy
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Building a Bash Command-Line Tool

Build a reusable bash script for generating reports, using variables, functions, control flow, and command-line arguments to automate repetitive command line tasks.

• Coursera
• 4 hours 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Shell Scripting: Discover How to Automate Command Line Tasks

9884 ratings at Udemy

Learn shell programming for Linux, Unix, & Mac. Learn how to write shell scripts like a pro & solve real-world problems!

• Udemy
• 5 hours 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Codio

Introduction to Operating Systems 1: Virtualization

Learn OS fundamentals with no installs. Build C skills while exploring processes, CPU scheduling, and memory basics through short readings, images, and runnable code. Video-free, self-paced assignment

• edX
• 8 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)