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      Arm

      Cortex-M Software Development Fundamentals

      Skills you'll gain: Embedded Software, System Programming, Software Development Tools, Embedded Systems, Software Development, Development Environment, Debugging, C (Programming Language), Application Development, Computer Architecture, C++ (Programming Language), Performance Tuning

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      34 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      DeepLearning.AI

      LLMs as Operating Systems: Agent Memory

      Skills you'll gain: LLM Application, Tool Calling, Large Language Modeling, Generative AI Agents, ChatGPT, OpenAI, Prompt Engineering, Agentic systems, System Design and Implementation

      Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Politecnico di Milano

      FPGA computing systems: A Bird’s Eye View

      Skills you'll gain: Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Computer Systems, System Configuration, System Design and Implementation, Computer Architecture, Hardware Architecture, Computer Hardware, Embedded Systems, Systems Design, Automation, Computational Logic, Configuration Management, Performance Tuning

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      35 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Packt

      Embedded Systems Object-Oriented Programming in C and C++

      Skills you'll gain: Embedded Software, Embedded Systems, C++ (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), System Programming, C (Programming Language), Development Environment, Verification And Validation, Software Testing, Peripheral Devices, Debugging

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Dartmouth College

      Linux Basics: The Command Line Interface - 6

      Skills you'll gain: Command-Line Interface, Linux Commands, Linux, Embedded Systems, Linux Servers, Computer Engineering, File Systems, Unix, Operating Systems, C (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Open Source Technology

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      31 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      A Beginners Guide to Linux

      Skills you'll gain: Linux, Ubuntu, Shell Script, Linux Commands, Unix Commands, Command-Line Interface, OS Process Management, File Management, Virtualization, Virtual Machines, Software Installation

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Illinois Tech

      Hardware and Operating System Foundations III

      Skills you'll gain: Operating System Administration, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, System Configuration, Firewall, Linux Administration, Linux, Linux Servers, System Monitoring, Authorization (Computing), Windows Servers, Data Security

      Build toward a degree

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      24 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Politecnico di Milano

      Developing FPGA-accelerated cloud applications with SDAccel: Theory

      Skills you'll gain: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Development, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing Architecture, Hardware Architecture, Cloud Applications, Performance Tuning, Computer Architecture, Distributed Computing, Development Environment, Software Development Tools, System Design and Implementation, Programming Principles

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      77 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      Linux Operating System: A Complete Linux Guide for Beginners

      Skills you'll gain: Linux, Ubuntu, Linux Administration, Linux Servers, General Networking, Linux Commands, OS Process Management, Firewall, File Systems, Bash (Scripting Language), Network Security, Unix Commands, Command-Line Interface, File Management, Operating Systems, System Monitoring, Virtualization, Virtual Environment, Virtual Machines, User Accounts

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      Advanced Linux Administration and Shell Scripting

      Skills you'll gain: Shell Script, Package and Software Management, Linux Administration, Linux Commands, Unix Shell, Systems Administration, Hardening, Unix Commands, Patch Management, Scripting, System Monitoring, User Accounts, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), System Configuration, OS Process Management, Firewall, Process Management

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Codio

      Intro to Operating Systems 3: Concurrency

      Skills you'll gain: OS Process Management, Operating Systems, System Programming, Performance Tuning, Data Structures

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      33 reviews

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Packt

      Linux Fundamentals

      Skills you'll gain: Linux, Linux Administration, Linux Commands, File Management, User Accounts, OS Process Management, Unix Shell, Unix Commands, Command-Line Interface, General Networking, Shell Script, Operating Systems, Remote Access Systems, Network Administration, Scripting, Scripting Languages, System Monitoring

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      6 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular real-time operating systems courses

    • Cortex-M Software Development Fundamentals: Arm
    • LLMs as Operating Systems: Agent Memory: DeepLearning.AI
    • FPGA computing systems: A Bird’s Eye View: Politecnico di Milano
    • Embedded Systems Object-Oriented Programming in C and C++: Packt
    • Linux Basics: The Command Line Interface - 6: Dartmouth College
    • A Beginners Guide to Linux: Packt
    • Hardware and Operating System Foundations III: Illinois Tech
    • Developing FPGA-accelerated cloud applications with SDAccel: Theory: Politecnico di Milano
    • Linux Operating System: A Complete Linux Guide for Beginners: Packt
    • Advanced Linux Administration and Shell Scripting: Packt

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