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Welcome to this course

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on the CompTIA Linux+ Certification.

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This certification is designed for IT professionals

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who need to configure, operate, maintain,

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and troubleshoot servers and workstations

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that are running the Linux operating system.

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After all,

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Linux is the dominant server operating system in the world

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and it hosts most of the web servers on the internet

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and it became the backbone of cloud-based services

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all over the globe.

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For this reason,

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Linux+ is an essential part of your education

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and it's going to provide you

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with a great foundation of knowledge

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to build upon throughout your career

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whether that takes you into the world of server management

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or into the world of cybersecurity

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in the future as well.

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This certification is designed for beginners

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who have less than one year of IT operations

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or administration experience,

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or for those students who have already completed

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the A+, Network+, and Security+ exams.

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On the Linux+ exam,

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knowledge from these other exams

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is considered assumed knowledge

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so we're not going to be reteaching all that content

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in this course.

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Instead,

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we're going to be building upon that foundational knowledge

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of hardware, software,

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networks, and security throughout this course,

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but don't worry,

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we're also going to review any area specific to the Linux+ exam

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that you may need to know for this exam

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inside of this course as well.

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Now, if you haven't done your CompTIA+, Network+,

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or Security+ exams yet,

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that's okay.

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We're still going to get you through preparing

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for the entire Linux+ exam

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without any issues,

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but there may be some parts

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where you feel like don't go into enough depth

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and if that's the case,

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I ask that you go back and find a good A+, Network+,

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or Security+ textbook or video course

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and review those topic areas

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that are specific to the areas you're getting confused on.

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The CompTIA Linux+ exam does consist of four domains

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or areas of knowledge

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that you're going to receive questions on

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when you sit for your certification exam:

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domain 1 is System Management,

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and it makes up 32% of your exam questions.

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This domain is focused on configuring kernel modules,

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network parameters,

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software and services,

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managing files and directories,

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and configuring storage devices

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on your Linux systems properly.

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Domain 2 is Security,

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and it makes up 21% of your exam questions.

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This domain is focused on your ability

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to understand the best practices

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for permissions and authentication,

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firewalls, and file management

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on your Linux servers.

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Domain 3 is Scripting, Containers, and Automation,

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and it makes up 19% of your exam questions.

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This domain is focused on your ability

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to execute basic batch scripts,

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conduct version control using get,

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and your understanding of cloud

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and virtualization technologies

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and how to implement orchestration

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in your systems and networks.

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Domain 4 is Troubleshooting,

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and it makes up 28% of your exam questions.

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This domain is focused on your ability

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to analyze system properties and processes

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and troubleshoot users, applications,

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and hardware issues

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that may come up when you're using Linux systems.

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Each of these four domains contain several objectives,

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they'll make up all the topics

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that you're going to learn about in this course.

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Note though,

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we're not going to be teaching these domains

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or their objectives

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in the order presented

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in the CompTIA official exam objectives

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which you can download from lesson 2 of this course,

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but we are going to cover each and every one of them

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throughout our time together in this course.

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This is because the order presented

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in the exam objectives list

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isn't really appropriate to teach

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in that particular order.

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So I've created a better order

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to teach you all of the material

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so you can learn it easier.

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At the beginning of each section of the course,

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I'm going to tell you which objectives

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we're going to be covering

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in that specific section of the course,

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and I've also titled each lesson

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with the appropriate objective number

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in parentheses after its name

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for easy reference if you need to go back

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and study a single objective

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as you do your last minute review for your exam.

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when you sit down to take the exam,

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you're going to get a mixture of questions

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from across all four domains

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and all of their objectives.

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Also, some questions on the exam

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may combine objectives from different domains

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into a single question

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to test your knowledge more in depth.

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Speaking of the exam,

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when you sit down

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to take the CompTIA Linux+ certification exam

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at the testing center or online

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using the web proctoring service,

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you're going to be getting 90 minutes

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to answer up to 90 questions.

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you're going to be answering multiple choice questions

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but you'll also have a few multiple select questions

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where you pick two or three correct answers

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for a single question

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and a few performance-based questions too.

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These PBQs or simulations,

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as most students like to call them,

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require you to perform some kind of job function

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in a simulated environment.

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For example,

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the exam might ask you to create a new user account

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on a Linux system

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or to change the permissions on a file or folder,

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then you're going to use the mouse and keyboard

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to perform those actions.

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Don't worry too much

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about the simulations just yet though,

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I'm going to make sure you are well prepared for them

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before you sit down for the real certification exam.

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Now as far as the number of questions

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you're going to get on exam day,

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you might have noticed that I said up to 90 questions.

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Well, in truth,

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you're going to get somewhere between 70 and 90 questions.

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If you get more simulations,

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then you're going to have less multiple choice,

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and vice versa.

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Now, most candidates are going to see

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between three and five simulations on the exam

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and about 80 multiple choice questions

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come test day.

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Also, when you take the exam,

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the simulations are going to be

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the first three to five questions that you receive

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and the rest of the exam is going to be done

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through multiple choice or multiple select questions.

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To pass the Linux+ exam,

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you have to score at least a 720 out of 900 possible points

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on the exam.

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This equates to roughly an 80% or higher

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on the certification.

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Now to take the exam,

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you do have to pay an exam fee

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to cover the cost of testing,

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and you do that by buying an exam voucher.

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You can do this by going to store.comptia.org

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and buying it from their web store.

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In the CompTIA Store,

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you're going to see the vouchers cost

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around $350 in the United States,

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but this does vary

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depending on where you live in the world.

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If you'd like to save a little bit of money

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on your exam voucher though,

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you can visit diontraining.com/vouchers

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to purchase your exam voucher directly from us.

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Because we are a certified Platinum level

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CompTIA Delivery Partner

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and we help tens of thousands of students

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pass their CompTIA exams every year,

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they give us a discount rate for these exam vouchers

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and we pass the savings onto our students.

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So if you take that one extra step

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of going to diontraining.com/vouchers

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and you purchase your exam voucher from us,

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you're going to save about 10% or so

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off the regular CompTIA price

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and you'll also receive access

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to our searchable video library

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that you can use for your last minute studies

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before test day.

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Now, before we begin studying for the exam,

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I want to give you my four tips for success

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in this course

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that are going to help you better study for your exam.

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First, we provide closed captions

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for every video in this course

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that's caption by a real human

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to ensure a higher level of accuracy for you.

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Many of my students

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who speak English as their second language

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really love having these captions available

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so they can read along while I'm teaching.

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To turn them on,

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simply click the CC button

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in the bottom of the video player.

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There's also a transcript available here,

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with each video,

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that you can access and search

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for specific keywords or phrases

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within that video too if you need to.

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Also, when it comes to speaking,

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some students say that I speak too fast

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and others say I speak too slow.

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Either way though,

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you can control the speed of instruction

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by adjusting my playback speed.

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If I happen to be talking too fast for you,

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you can slow me down by taking me down to .75 or 75%.

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If I'm talking too slowly for you,

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you can speed me up by putting me at 1.5x or 150%.

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Either way, faster or slower,

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the choice is yours

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so you can learn most efficiently.

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Next, I want to point out

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that all the information I'm going to teach you

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in this course

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is also available as a downloadable study guide

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in PDF format.

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You can download this in lesson 2 of the course.

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Here, you can download it,

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print it out, and then use it and take notes,

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or highlight and circle important information

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as we go through the course together.

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This PDF is a great tool for offline studying

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before you take your final exam as well

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because you'll have all of your notes in one place.

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Finally,

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I want you to know that we have a Facebook group

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set up specifically to help you succeed with this

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and your other certification exams.

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If you have any questions or get stuck on something,

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or you just want to talk to other students

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who are studying for the same exam,

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you can do all of that

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by going to facebook.com/groups/diontraining.

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If you join the group on Facebook,

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we have people ready to answer any questions you might have

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as well as having other students helping you as well.

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Currently, we have over 35,000 students in this group,

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so if you have a question about the Linux+ exam

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or any of the course content,

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I guarantee somebody there has the answer for you

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really quickly.

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Now with all the basics out of the way,

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let's get started learning all about Linux

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in our CompTIA Linux+ Certification Course.