Linux course Udemy: the 10 best in 2026

Best for cloud and DevOps beginners who need Linux basics quickly. It covers how Linux works, basic commands, editing and reading files, system management, networking and ports, software management, services such as HTTP and SSH, processes, archiving, crontab, links, permissions, and grep, sed and find.

It has 4.5 stars from more than 5,300 reviews and more than 62,000 students. It runs about four and a half hours, the shortest course here, and was updated in September 2026.

Best for busy professionals who want a fast, tested foundation. Day one covers setup, Bash navigation, working with files and user and group permissions; day two covers streams and pipes, environment variables, package management and launching a server with SSH keys to host a simple website.

It has 4.7 stars from 145 reviews and more than 1,400 students. It runs about six and a half hours with 33 quizzes and two practice exams, and was last updated in August 2025.

Best for aspiring sysadmins and DevOps learners. It covers terminal basics, file system and user management, permissions, processes, networking and troubleshooting, then Linux in DevOps with automation, containers with Podman and task scheduling, using ChatGPT and ShellGPT, and hands-on labs on server configuration and security hardening.

It has 4.5 stars from more than 5,000 reviews and more than 38,000 students. It runs about 22 hours with 27 quizzes and 49 resources, and was updated in June 2026.

Best for developers and beginners who want to become command-line power users. It explains terminals, shells, kernels and Bash, then covers navigation, nano, moving and copying files, standard streams and pipelines, expansions and substitutions, find and grep with regular expressions, permissions, custom aliases and prompts, and cron.

It has 4.7 stars from more than 10,000 reviews and more than 61,000 students. It runs about 16 hours with exercises and challenges, three quizzes and 21 resources, and was updated in March 2026.

Best for IT professionals preparing for CompTIA Linux+. It follows the XK0-006 domains: system management, services and user management, security with firewalls, SELinux and AppArmor, automation with Bash and systemd timers, and troubleshooting performance, networking and storage.

It has 4.6 stars from more than 5,600 reviews and more than 41,000 students. It runs about 35 hours with 32 quizzes and a full-length practice exam, and was updated in October 2026. It also earns 36 CompTIA CEUs.

Best for beginners who want server administration in a compact course. On top of the command-line basics, Jason Cannon covers the boot process, system logs, disk partitioning and file systems, LVM, users and groups, network interfaces, sudo, process management and shell scripting, with bonus command-line tips.

It has 4.6 stars from more than 31,000 reviews and more than 144,000 students. It runs about nine hours with eight quizzes and 26 resources, and was updated in October 2026. It also earns CompTIA Linux+ CEUs.

Best for busy beginners who want the essentials in five short sessions. In about 45 minutes a day, Jason Cannon covers accessing a server with SSH, the file system layout, basic commands, permissions, nano, vi and emacs, pipes and redirection, compression, aliases and history, cron jobs and installing software, plus a bonus on installing WordPress on Ubuntu.

It has 4.6 stars from more than 49,000 reviews, the most here, and more than 208,000 students. It runs about six and a half hours with four quizzes and 37 resources, and was updated in October 2026.

Best for beginners who want an entry-level Linux certification. It follows the five LPI Linux Essentials 010-200 domains: the Linux community and open source, finding your way on a Linux system, the power of the command line, the Linux operating system, and security and file permissions.

It has 4.6 stars from more than 11,000 reviews and more than 54,000 students. It runs about 11 hours with 27 quizzes, two practice tests and a study guide, and was updated in October 2026.

Best for beginners aiming for a Linux system administrator job. It sets up VirtualBox and CentOS, then covers the file system, permissions, text processing, vi, users and sudo, processes and cron, shell scripting, networking, yum, SSH, DNS, Apache, OS hardening, LVM and RAID, ending with resume and interview workshops and more than 200 interview questions.

It has 4.6 stars from more than 47,000 reviews and more than 288,000 students, the most on this list. It runs about 43 hours with 10 quizzes, a practice test and 148 resources, and was updated in October 2026.