Linus Desk

A fake Ubuntu desk and terminal — files, processes, and real shell missions. (About 4 hours)

1.Boot the fake Ubuntu desk, then open Terminal from the dock.

2.Clear 65 missions — apt, systemd, sudo, SSH fleet, incidents. Coach Next after wins.

3.Activities, Trash restore, nano editor. Sandbox unlocks after Mission 1.

Fake Ubuntu remote desktop in the browser — Terminal and Files are real sims. Progress syncs to your FDE path when you are signed in.

Skills this game covers on the FDE path

Skill 3 of 6

Linux and the terminal

Files, processes, grep/curl, and reading what is on a box.

Missions (guided)

65 tickets on a fake Ubuntu box — shell, apt, systemd, SSH fleet, incidents. Coach Next after wins.

Sandbox (free desk)

Unlocks after Mission 1. Same desktop and shell — explore, break, Reset desk.

Explore the UI

Activities calendar, Trash restore, nano editor, Terminal/Files.

Rookie → pipes (1–10)

pwd/ls/cat, Trash, grep/find/pipes.

Box & HTTP (11–19)

ps/kill, chmod, curl, env.

SSH hop (20–22)

prod-box connect, remote logs, exit.

Read deeper (23–26)

less, tail -f, journalctl, nano.

Permissions (27–31)

sudo, chown, chmod, id.

Packages & services (32–37)

apt, systemctl, health after restart.

Net box (38–42)

ss, dig, ufw, unblock + curl.

Jobs, cron, fleet (43–55)

&, nohup, scripts, cron, keys, scp/rsync, db-box.

Perf + incidents (56–64)

du/htop/strace + FDE failure tickets.

Graduate (65)

Combined ops ticket — then Sandbox forever.

On the job ladder? Open the FDE path