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Learn Linux and Cybersecurity Skills With Hands-on Interactive Labs
Till a few years ago, learning Linux was mainly through ebooks and videos. Those methods are still valid, but things have evolved.
Interactive learning makes it easier. Hands-on labs without setting them on your own give you the option to jump straight into the learning. Less intimidating for beginners as well because setting up servers and lab scenarios by hand could be too much when you are just learning the concepts.
Of course, doing things by hand teaches a lot but that could come up later when you have learned the concept, practiced some labs. You are better equipped then.
This is where a platform like LabEx comes in. It is an AI-assisted educational platform that focuses on learning-by-doing by providing you hands-on labs, flashcards, quizzes, and playgrounds to practice in simulated environment.
A lot actually. The platform offers lab-based learnings on a wide variety of tools and topics. Some of the main ones if I can categorize them are:
There are hundreds more, all of which are listed right on the home page.
Of course, too much could be overwheling. That's why LabEx has the concept of Skill Trees.
Skill Tree are like roadmaps. Multiple courses are grouped under one umbrella and in a given order, too. Within each tree, there are a definite number of "skills" and courses, which helps keep track of progress.
Skills are basically an essential concept of a course topic. Let's say you learned pipe redirection under Linux course. That pipe redirection is a 'skill'.
Courses are made of skills (think of them as chapters on a mini concept) and skill trees are groups of courses.