Console Academy

Learn the real terminal, free and risk-free

Step-by-step courses with the integrated terminal: every exercise grades itself while you practice on a virtual system. Nothing to install, no sign-up.

Basic Linux Course

From zero to console fluency: 24 lessons that grade themselves while you practice, with the built-in terminal.

Start
12 modules24 lessonsAbout 6 hAutomatic grading
1 · Your first session
2 · Moving around
3 · Create and organize files
4 · Reading documents
5 · Searching
6 · Pipes and redirection
7 · Permissions
8 · Users and admin
9 · Environment
10 · Networking
11 · Packages and backups
12 · Your first scripts

Intermediate Linux

Users, advanced permissions, systemd and multi-machine networking.

Coming soon

Windows CMD

From dir to .bat scripts: the Windows console without fear.

Coming soon

Advanced Linux

Disks, services, advanced SSH and repair labs.

Coming soon

How it works

  1. 1.Pick a lesson from the syllabus and read the briefing.
  2. 2.The integrated terminal walks you through each step with the simulator's real commands.
  3. 3.Each step is validated against the virtual disk: get it right and you move on, with cascading hints if you don't.
  4. 4.Your progress is stored in your browser. Finish all 24 lessons and you know base bash.
What it is and where it ends
  • Lessons grade against a simulated system in your browser: it never touches your computer or network.
  • Progress lives in your browser (localStorage); no accounts, no servers.
  • It covers LPIC-1 base practice (103.x and 104.x), without replacing the official certification.