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Linux Playground

A real Linux machine running inside this browser tab — practice the course commands with nothing to install.

user@playground: ~

The machine boots entirely in your browser. The first start downloads ~30 MB and takes about a minute — after that it is cached and fast.

Best on a desktop browser — mobile keyboards are limited.

Practice commands

Click to copy → paste in the terminal (Cmd/Ctrl-V). From Modules 1–4 of the course. If the machine ever freezes: close other playground tabs, then press Reset machine.

Start here

Files & folders

Read & search

Pipes & text processing

Edit files

Bash mini-scripts

What works here

✅ Files, folders, and navigation — ls, cd, mkdir, cp, mv, rm, find
✅ Reading and editing — cat, less, nano, vim, grep
✅ Text processing and pipes — sort, uniq, cut, awk, sed
✅ Bash scripting — variables, loops, functions, chmod +x
✅ Your files survive reloads — they are saved in your browser.

What needs a real VM

❌ No internet inside the machine — apt install, ping, curl will not reach the network.
❌ No services — systemctl, journalctl need a full system.
For those lessons, use the free local install (WSL on Windows, Multipass on macOS) — the course shows how in Getting started.

Learning Linux? Get the full free course on GitHub — 18 lessons, from your first command to deploying a production server.

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