By Nate Drake
CBT Nuggets is an online learning platform hosting dozens of training courses from big players like Cisco. The website claims the organisation started selling short IT training DVDs on eBay and that has snowballed into the international training portal which the site is today.
Payment of a monthly fee (around $84 per person – that’s about £65) gives you access to all available courses. Registration is simple, provided you have a valid credit card. There’s also a 7-day free trial before your card is billed.
There are nine Linux-specific courses on the platform. This review focuses on the Ubuntu Linux course, available as a series of video lectures (nicknamed ‘nuggets’) delivered by instructor Shawn Power, which details how to install, administer and maintain your own Ubuntu Server. The CBT website mentions that Power is an associate editor of the digital magazine Linux Journal, so it’s clear he’s well-qualified to teach this subject.
There are no prerequisites for doing the course, although if you’re entirely unfamiliar with Linux, you’re probably best off doing the Linux Essentials course which can also be accessed on the CBT platform.
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Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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