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Phase 0 · How computers work

Week 1: How computers work, Linux

Friday deliverable: Folder clean-up script

Day 1Install Ubuntu natively or dual-boot; first terminal commandsLesson ready
Day 2Binary, hex, CPU, memory (stack, heap, addresses), storage, UTF-8Lesson ready
Day 3Processes, file systems, users, permissions, sudoLesson ready
Day 4Shell: pipes, redirection, environment variables, exit codes, grep, find, man pagesLesson ready
Day 5Bash scripting; cron; install VS Code, Git, GoLesson ready

Threads this phase

Security. Users, groups, file permissions, sudo, least privilege

AI. None: learn without it

System trace. Keyboard → process → system call → file

Phase 0 exit criteria

understand: How a program becomes a running process
explain: What happens when a command runs in the shell
build: A Bash script that uses pipes and exit codes
debug: A permission-denied or path error using ls, ps and man
test: Check a script's exit codes
secure: Set correct file permissions; no root by default
deploy: Run a script on a schedule with cron
operate: Read system logs with journalctl

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