Linux for Hackers // EP 1 (FREE Linux course for beginners)
About this video
In episode 1 of Linux for Hackers, he argues Linux is a foundational, prerequisite skill for hacking and IT, then gets viewers running Linux immediately in a browser using a free Hack The Box Academy lab and its Parrot OS workstation, which he notes costs 10 cubes to unlock from an initial 30. He clarifies that Linux itself is a kernel — the intermediary between the OS and hardware like CPU, RAM, and storage — and that distributions such as Parrot OS, Kali Linux, Ubuntu, CentOS, and Debian are operating systems built on it. He says Linux is open source, free to use and redistribute, and traditionally faster and more secure, which he claims is why most servers and most hacking tools are Linux-based. Moving from the GUI to the terminal, he teaches the first commands side-by-side with GUI actions: pwd to print the working directory, ls to list contents, cd to change directory, and cd .. to move up, drilling up to the root directory / and back.
Key takeaways
- Linux is technically the kernel, not the OS itself; Parrot OS, Kali, and Ubuntu are distributions built on it
- He claims most servers and hacking tools use Linux because it is open source, fast, and more secure
- pwd prints the working directory so you always know where you are in the terminal
- ls lists a directory’s contents and cd changes directory; cd .. moves up one level to the parent
- The series lab runs in the browser via Hack The Box Academy’s Parrot OS workstation, no local install needed
Episode details: published March 19, 2021 · 11:33 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are NetworkChuck’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.
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