Students taking Linux-based programming courses (particularly C/C++-related courses) who have little or no previous experience with Linux would find the information in this guide to be helpful in working on the assignments for those courses.

Students taking other Linux-based courses or doing work that requires the use of the Linux command line interface (CLI) may find this guide to be helpful in working on Linux-based projects.

Students or others who access a Linux server via secure shell (SSH)^[2] may find parts of this guide to be helpful in working with Linux over SSH.

Students or others who are interested in learning how to use Linux may find this guide to be helpful in becoming comfortable with the CLI and in locating resources for enhancing their knowledge of Linux.