96
Sessions
24
Weeks
12
Documents
1
Machine built
01
What is this machine?
OS layers · filesystem · users · permissions · no fear
02
Talking to it
Terminal · file operations · pipes · package manager
03
Making it yours
KDE Plasma · dotfiles · PATH · bash scripting
04
Build your own machine
Hardware · compatibility · UEFI · assembly · OS install
05
Solving real problems
Scripting · SSH · networking · processes · logs · git · cron
06
The frontier
Local AI · Ollama · final project · demo day
What this course is
A six-month Linux seminar for students aged 15–18. Linux is the vehicle. The destination is epistemic confidence — the ability to face an unknown system, break it, fix it, and walk away knowing more than before.
By the end, each student has built a computer from components, installed Kubuntu on it, and run a local AI model on hardware they assembled themselves.
How to use these materials
- Teacher manuals contain full session plans with timing, concept delivery, exercises, Q&A, and teacher notes
- Student handouts are designed to be printed — one sheet per session or per week
- All files open in any browser and print cleanly
- Materials are in English with a bilingual teaching context in mind
Platform and format
- Kubuntu LTS — chosen for stability, KDE Plasma, and Ubuntu documentation coverage
- 4 days per week, 1 hour per session
- Two age tracks in mind: 12–14 and 15–18 — materials are written for 15–18
- Hardware build in weeks 14–15 — budget €200–350 per machine
Course philosophy
- Methodical over reactive — plan before execute
- Real problems, real tools, real solutions
- No comparisons, no fairytales — honest assessment throughout
- The machine does what you tell it. That is power and responsibility.