Custom track
Build real Linux admin skills without guesswork
This page distills how we sequence learning when your calendar is loud and your stakeholders want receipts. Read it before you email intake so we can skip repeating context.
Career track programs
Programs stack from foundations to rehearsal studios. Each track ends with artifacts you can show in internal reviews: checklists, incident bundles, or grading rubrics—not vague certificates alone.
Foundations desk
Permissions, services, and storage triage with journal-first habits.
Operations desk
Queues, observability, and graceful degradation drills with synthetic load.
Rehearsal desk
Facilitated incidents with rollback matrices and bridge communication scripts.
Hands-on server labs
Labs reset after each session so you can break things without bargaining with a manager. Sandboxed hosts mirror the awkward middle ground between toy examples and production—enough friction to matter, enough guardrails to sleep.
Each lab publishes a “minimum evidence” list before you start. That list is what graders use, so surprises are rare. If you disagree with a grade, you reply with additional context—we would rather fix a rubric than quietly bend it.
Optional stretch goals exist for faster learners, but they never block core completion. We would rather you exit confident in baseline operations than half-master advanced topics.
Student success stories
Three candid notes, three different shapes.
Mixed formats
“Incident Rehearsal Studio forced our bridge calls to start with evidence bundles. Rough first week, worth it.”
Short line: “LPIC sprint heatmaps saved my study nights.” — Kim
Platform-style
★★★★☆ Verified survey: “Server Operations: Capacity, Queues, and Observability” — queue lab finally made back-pressure tangible for our robotics firmware team.
Trustpilot import · anonymized handle
City note
“Shell Automation for Administrators” locking module stopped our nightly backup races. Still annoyed at cron mail, but honest about it.”
Leo · Osaka
Want the PDF checklist?
Email intake with “checklist” in the subject line and we will send the lab evidence worksheet referenced on the catalog page.
