LPI Linux Essentials (010-160)

Linux runs much of the infrastructure IT teams already support: servers, virtualization hosts, cloud IaaS workloads, routers, and network appliances that are managed over SSH. When helpdesk staff, junior admins, or Windows-focused team members can't work at a Linux command line, escalations pile up and routine tasks fall to a few senior people.

Role fit: The instructor teaches this course for learners with little or no Linux experience. It suits new hires, helpdesk and desktop support staff moving toward systems roles, and experienced admins who want to confirm their foundational skills. Non-technical staff who need Linux literacy can also take it.

Time investment: The course has 17 skills and about 17 hours of video. Training Managers can schedule it in short sessions over a few weeks, for example one skill per sitting.

Risk and compliance relevance: The course covers privacy and security concepts that apply to operating system use. It also covers creating users and groups, file permissions and ownership, and basic access control. These are the habits that reduce misconfiguration risk on shared systems.

Change management: The course does not push Linux everywhere. It includes a skill on choosing the right operating system for a given scenario, so teams understand where Linux fits next to Windows and macOS. It also shows practitioners how to use command-line help and documentation rather than memorize commands, which builds self-sufficiency.

How CBT Nuggets supports the outcome: Video instruction and end-of-skill validation exercises reinforce Linux navigation, command-line fundamentals, and foundational administration concepts. Playlists and Team Reporting help Training Managers sequence this course ahead of LPIC-1 or Security Essentials and track who is ready for the 010-160 exam.

IT teams complete this training to build a shared Linux baseline, so fewer routine tasks on servers, network appliances, and cloud instances get escalated to senior staff or outside contractors. The course grounds each topic in situations your team already meets at work: working with Linux in server and desktop environments, picking the right OS for a department with competing needs, and setting file permissions on shared directories.

• Faster, more confident command-line work: Practitioners move through the file system, create and manage files and directories, and use built-in help to find command options. The result is less trial-and-error on production systems.
• Better platform decisions: Scenario-based validations ask learners to choose between Linux distributions, Windows, and macOS for desktops, IT staff, and specialized devices. Learners weigh trade-offs like ease of use, stability, and central management.
• Stronger access control: Your team learns to read and apply owner, group, and other permissions, create users and groups, and apply basic security practices tied to account and file access.
• Early troubleshooting habits: Learners practice completing common Linux tasks from the command line and validating their work in labs, which builds repeatable habits before they work on production systems.

Hands-on lab validations let each learner confirm they can do the work, not just recognize it, before they touch live systems.

Knowledge

• How an operating system works as a platform for software, and where Linux runs in practice: servers, virtualization, cloud IaaS, network appliances, and routers
• How Linux distributions differ, and when Linux, Windows, or macOS is the better fit for a given business scenario
• How software is installed and managed through the GUI and through package managers such as apt and dnf
• Hardware fundamentals, including CPUs, RAM, storage, and peripherals, plus why the OS and applications belong on a separate drive from data files
• Privacy and security basics that apply across operating systems, such as cookies and encryption
• How Linux users, groups, ownership, and read/write/execute permissions control access to files and directories

Ability

• Navigate the Linux file system from the command line with commands such as ls and cd, and use built-in help to look up command options
• Create, move, and delete files and directories, including names that contain spaces
• Archive, compress, and archive-compress files from the command line, then verify the results
• Search and extract data, redirect input, output, and errors, and write and test basic Bash scripts that use loops
• Check running processes with top, and use system and log commands for first-pass troubleshooting
• Create users and groups, then read and apply symbolic-mode permissions to control access