Operating Systems with Linux Practicals

Master the core concepts of operating systems and Linux through 3 months of practical, hands-on training. Learn process management, memory allocation, file systems, and shell scripting — gaining the technical expertise to manage and troubleshoot real-world computing environments.

 

Course Duration

  • 3 Months

Structure

  • 4 Modules + Capstone Project

Learning Rate

  • 70% Practical / 30% Theory

Delivery Mode

  • Lab+ Guided Projects + Mentored Assessments

Course Duration

  • 3 Months

Structure

  • 4 Modules + Capstone Project

Learning Rate

  • 70% Practical / 30% Theory

Delivery Mode

  • Lab+ Guided Projects + Mentored Assessments

Course Duration

  • 3 Months

Structure

  • 4 Modules + Capstone Project

Learning Rate

  • 70% Practical / 30% Theory

Delivery Mode

  • Lab+ Guided Projects + Mentored Assessments

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Operating Systems with Linux Practicals Program

Gain a solid understanding of Operating Systema fundamentals and apply them through practical Linux labs — culminating in creating your own mini shell using Linux and C programming. Develop strong command-line, process management, and system-level problem-solving skills to build a strong foundation for advanced computing and cybersecurity careers.

Build Your Future in the Cloud

Operating Systems with Linux Practicals Program

Gain a solid understanding of Operating Systema fundamentals and apply them through practical Linux labs — culminating in creating your own mini shell using Linux and C programming. Develop strong command-line, process management, and system-level problem-solving skills to build a strong foundation for advanced computing and cybersecurity careers.

Build Your Future in the Cloud

Operating Systems with Linux Practicals Program

Gain a solid understanding of Operating Systema fundamentals and apply them through practical Linux labs — culminating in creating your own mini shell using Linux and C programming. Develop strong command-line, process management, and system-level problem-solving skills to build a strong foundation for advanced computing and cybersecurity careers.

Module 1: Introduction to Operating Systems & Linux Environment

Duration: 3 Months

Objective

Understand the core principles of Operating Systems and apply them practically through Linux, culminating in implementing your own mini shell using Linux and C programming.

Key Concepts

Evolution and Generations of OS
Types of Operating Systems (Batch, Multiprogramming, Time-sharing, Real-time, Distributed) .
OS Services and System Calls.
OS Structures: Monolithic, Layered, Microkernel, Virtual Machine Concept.

Linux Practicals (≈ 10 Labs)

Installation of Ubuntu / Kali / CentOS (Dual Boot or VirtualBox).
Introduction to Linux & File System Structure .
Basic Shell Commands: navigation, file operations, process listing.
File Permissions (chmod, chown, umask).
User and Group Management.

🎓 Mini Project: Prepare a short report comparing Windows and Linux architecture. Create 2 users and set different access permissions for them.

Module 2: Process Management

Duration: 3 Months

Objective

Understand the core principles of Operating Systems and apply them practically through Linux, culminating in implementing your own mini shell using Linux and C programming.

Topics Covered

Concept of Process and Process States.
Process Control Block, Context Switching .
Threads and Multithreading.
CPU Scheduling Algorithms.
FCFS, SJF, Priority, Round Robin.
Pre-emptive vs Non-preemptive.
Multiprocessor Scheduling.

Linux Practicals (≈ 12 Labs)

Managing processes (ps, top, htop, kill, nice, renice).
HRunning background and foreground jobs .
Writing shell scripts for process automation .
Monitor CPU utilization and scheduling simulation .

🎓 Mini Project: Create a shell script to monitor top 5 CPU- and memory-consuming processes and store logs daily.

Module 3: Interprocess Communication & Deadlocks

Duration: 3 Months

Objective

Understand the core principles of Operating Systems and apply them practically through Linux, culminating in implementing your own mini shell using Linux and C programming.

Topics Covered

Interprocess Communication (IPC): Pipes, Message Queues, Shared Memory.
Critical Section & Mutual Exclusion.
Classical Problems: Producer-Consumer, Readers-Writers, Dining Philosophers.
Deadlocks: Prevention, Avoidance (Banker’s Algorithm), Detection, Recovery.

Linux Practicals (≈ 15 Labs)

Create simple C programs for producer-consumer synchronization using semaphores.
Demonstrate IPC using pipes (pipe(), fork()).
Observe process states and simulate deadlock.
Resolve deadlock by killing or signaling processes.

🎓 Mini Project: Write a C program that demonstrates synchronization using semaphores (Producer-Consumer Problem).>

Module 4: Memory Management

Duration: 3 Months

Objective

Understand the core principles of Operating Systems and apply them practically through Linux, culminating in implementing your own mini shell using Linux and C programming.

Topics Covered

Logical vs Physical Address Mapping.
Memory Allocation (Contiguous, Fixed, Variable Partitions).
Fragmentation and Compaction.
Paging and Segmentation.
Virtual Memory, Page Faults.
Page Replacement Algorithms (FIFO, LRU, Optimal).

Linux Practicals (≈ 15 Labs)

Use commands like free, vmstat, top to monitor memory.
Simulate paging in C.
View process memory info using /proc filesystem.
Demonstrate page replacement (FIFO/LRU simulation in C).

🎓 Mini Project: Implement a Page Replacement Algorithm (LRU/FIFO) simulation using C.

Capstone Project – Implementing a Mini Shell

Objective

Apply all learned Operating System and Linux concepts to design and build your own C-based command-line shell interface.

Practical Topics Covered

📁 File handling commands (grep, find, awk, sed, cat, tee)
💾 Disk management (df, du, fdisk, mount, umount)
🔄 File redirection and piping
🧠 Basic Shell Scripting (loops, conditionals, functions, I/O redirection)

Capstone Project Tasks

🧩 Create a C-based command-line shell
⚙️ Implement features to execute core Linux commands (ls, cat, pwd, etc.)
🔁 Include support for input/output redirection and simple piping

Operating Systems with Linux Practicals

(3-Month Practical Certificate Program)

🎯 Goal: Master the fundamentals of Linux and Operating Systems through real-world practicals — from file handling and shell scripting to building your own mini shell using C programming.

Module 1: Introduction to Operating Systems & Linux Environment

Duration: 3 Months

Objective

Understand the core principles of Operating Systems and apply them practically through Linux, culminating in implementing your own mini shell using Linux and C programming.

Key Concepts

Evolution and Generations of OS
Types of Operating Systems (Batch, Multiprogramming, Time-sharing, Real-time, Distributed) .
OS Services and System Calls.
OS Structures: Monolithic, Layered, Microkernel, Virtual Machine Concept.

Linux Practicals (≈ 10 Labs)

Installation of Ubuntu / Kali / CentOS (Dual Boot or VirtualBox).
Introduction to Linux & File System Structure .
Basic Shell Commands: navigation, file operations, process listing.
File Permissions (chmod, chown, umask).
User and Group Management.

🎓 Mini Project: Prepare a short report comparing Windows and Linux architecture. Create 2 users and set different access permissions for them.

Module 2: Process Management

Duration: 3 Months

Objective

Understand the core principles of Operating Systems and apply them practically through Linux, culminating in implementing your own mini shell using Linux and C programming.

Topics Covered

Concept of Process and Process States.
Process Control Block, Context Switching .
Threads and Multithreading.
CPU Scheduling Algorithms.
FCFS, SJF, Priority, Round Robin.
Pre-emptive vs Non-preemptive.
Multiprocessor Scheduling.

Linux Practicals (≈ 12 Labs)

Managing processes (ps, top, htop, kill, nice, renice).
HRunning background and foreground jobs .
Writing shell scripts for process automation .
Monitor CPU utilization and scheduling simulation .

🎓 Mini Project: Create a shell script to monitor top 5 CPU- and memory-consuming processes and store logs daily.

Module 3: Interprocess Communication & Deadlocks

Duration: 3 Months

Objective

Understand the core principles of Operating Systems and apply them practically through Linux, culminating in implementing your own mini shell using Linux and C programming.

Topics Covered

Interprocess Communication (IPC): Pipes, Message Queues, Shared Memory.
Critical Section & Mutual Exclusion.
Classical Problems: Producer-Consumer, Readers-Writers, Dining Philosophers.
Deadlocks: Prevention, Avoidance (Banker’s Algorithm), Detection, Recovery.

Linux Practicals (≈ 15 Labs)

Create simple C programs for producer-consumer synchronization using semaphores.
Demonstrate IPC using pipes (pipe(), fork()).
Observe process states and simulate deadlock.
Resolve deadlock by killing or signaling processes.

🎓 Mini Project: Write a C program that demonstrates synchronization using semaphores (Producer-Consumer Problem).>

Module 4: Memory Management

Duration: 3 Months

Objective

Understand the core principles of Operating Systems and apply them practically through Linux, culminating in implementing your own mini shell using Linux and C programming.

Topics Covered

Logical vs Physical Address Mapping.
Memory Allocation (Contiguous, Fixed, Variable Partitions).
Fragmentation and Compaction.
Paging and Segmentation.
Virtual Memory, Page Faults.
Page Replacement Algorithms (FIFO, LRU, Optimal).

Linux Practicals (≈ 15 Labs)

Use commands like free, vmstat, top to monitor memory.
Simulate paging in C.
View process memory info using /proc filesystem.
Demonstrate page replacement (FIFO/LRU simulation in C).

🎓 Mini Project: Implement a Page Replacement Algorithm (LRU/FIFO) simulation using C.

Capstone Project – Implementing a Mini Shell

Objective

Apply all learned Operating System and Linux concepts to design and build your own C-based command-line shell interface.

Practical Topics Covered

📁 File handling commands (grep, find, awk, sed, cat, tee)
💾 Disk management (df, du, fdisk, mount, umount)
🔄 File redirection and piping
🧠 Basic Shell Scripting (loops, conditionals, functions, I/O redirection)

Capstone Project Tasks

🧩 Create a C-based command-line shell
⚙️ Implement features to execute core Linux commands (ls, cat, pwd, etc.)
🔁 Include support for input/output redirection and simple piping

Operating Systems with Linux Practicals

(3-Month Practical Certificate Program)

🎯 Goal: Master the fundamentals of Linux and Operating Systems through real-world practicals — from file handling and shell scripting to building your own mini shell using C programming.

Module 1: Introduction to Operating Systems & Linux Environment

Duration: 3 Months

Objective

Understand the core principles of Operating Systems and apply them practically through Linux, culminating in implementing your own mini shell using Linux and C programming.

Key Concepts

Evolution and Generations of OS
Types of Operating Systems (Batch, Multiprogramming, Time-sharing, Real-time, Distributed) .
OS Services and System Calls.
OS Structures: Monolithic, Layered, Microkernel, Virtual Machine Concept.

Linux Practicals (≈ 10 Labs)

Installation of Ubuntu / Kali / CentOS (Dual Boot or VirtualBox).
Introduction to Linux & File System Structure .
Basic Shell Commands: navigation, file operations, process listing.
File Permissions (chmod, chown, umask).
User and Group Management.

🎓 Mini Project: Prepare a short report comparing Windows and Linux architecture. Create 2 users and set different access permissions for them.

Module 2: Process Management

Duration: 3 Months

Objective

Understand the core principles of Operating Systems and apply them practically through Linux, culminating in implementing your own mini shell using Linux and C programming.

Topics Covered

Concept of Process and Process States.
Process Control Block, Context Switching .
Threads and Multithreading.
CPU Scheduling Algorithms.
FCFS, SJF, Priority, Round Robin.
Pre-emptive vs Non-preemptive.
Multiprocessor Scheduling.

Linux Practicals (≈ 12 Labs)

Managing processes (ps, top, htop, kill, nice, renice).
HRunning background and foreground jobs .
Writing shell scripts for process automation .
Monitor CPU utilization and scheduling simulation .

🎓 Mini Project: Create a shell script to monitor top 5 CPU- and memory-consuming processes and store logs daily.

Module 3: Interprocess Communication & Deadlocks

Duration: 3 Months

Objective

Understand the core principles of Operating Systems and apply them practically through Linux, culminating in implementing your own mini shell using Linux and C programming.

Topics Covered

Interprocess Communication (IPC): Pipes, Message Queues, Shared Memory.
Critical Section & Mutual Exclusion.
Classical Problems: Producer-Consumer, Readers-Writers, Dining Philosophers.
Deadlocks: Prevention, Avoidance (Banker’s Algorithm), Detection, Recovery.

Linux Practicals (≈ 15 Labs)

Create simple C programs for producer-consumer synchronization using semaphores.
Demonstrate IPC using pipes (pipe(), fork()).
Observe process states and simulate deadlock.
Resolve deadlock by killing or signaling processes.

🎓 Mini Project: Write a C program that demonstrates synchronization using semaphores (Producer-Consumer Problem).>

Module 4: Memory Management

Duration: 3 Months

Objective

Understand the core principles of Operating Systems and apply them practically through Linux, culminating in implementing your own mini shell using Linux and C programming.

Topics Covered

Logical vs Physical Address Mapping.
Memory Allocation (Contiguous, Fixed, Variable Partitions).
Fragmentation and Compaction.
Paging and Segmentation.
Virtual Memory, Page Faults.
Page Replacement Algorithms (FIFO, LRU, Optimal).

Linux Practicals (≈ 15 Labs)

Use commands like free, vmstat, top to monitor memory.
Simulate paging in C.
View process memory info using /proc filesystem.
Demonstrate page replacement (FIFO/LRU simulation in C).

🎓 Mini Project: Implement a Page Replacement Algorithm (LRU/FIFO) simulation using C.

Capstone Project – Implementing a Mini Shell

Objective

Apply all learned Operating System and Linux concepts to design and build your own C-based command-line shell interface.

Practical Topics Covered

📁 File handling commands (grep, find, awk, sed, cat, tee)
💾 Disk management (df, du, fdisk, mount, umount)
🔄 File redirection and piping
🧠 Basic Shell Scripting (loops, conditionals, functions, I/O redirection)

Capstone Project Tasks

🧩 Create a C-based command-line shell
⚙️ Implement features to execute core Linux commands (ls, cat, pwd, etc.)
🔁 Include support for input/output redirection and simple piping

Operating Systems with Linux Practicals

(3-Month Practical Certificate Program)

🎯 Goal: Master the fundamentals of Linux and Operating Systems through real-world practicals — from file handling and shell scripting to building your own mini shell using C programming.