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Check back to this page periodically to find out about new assignments, special events, and more!

Week 10 Announcement

Apr 11 · 1 min read

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Linux Sysadmin Decal! Here are your week 10 announcements:

  1. The tenth week’s labs and lectures have been released!
  2. This is the last week of labs! Please make sure you are on track to submit 7 participation assignments and 10 labs. There will be an optional lab next week, which can be used to makeup a missed lab.
  3. Lab 7 solutions have been released!
  4. For additional late labs, please submit the late lab from
  5. Live lab sections are at 8pm Tuesday and Thursday! For instructions on how to navigate to the lab, see ocf.io/lab. Due to high demand for the beginner track, we are opening up Thursday sections to beginner students as well.
  6. As a reminder, in-person attendance is not required. You can get attendance credit by either attending lab or completing the participation assignment on Gradescope.
  7. The lab and participation assignments are due on Saturday, April 16 at 11:59pm.
  8. Any questions? Just make a post on Piazza or contact us at decal@ocf.berkeley.edu!

Week 9 Announcement

Apr 4 · 1 min read

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Linux Sysadmin Decal! Here are your week 8 announcements:

  1. The ninth week’s labs and lectures have been released! You can view them below.
  2. Lab 6 solutions have been released!
  3. For additional late labs, please submit the late lab from
  4. Live lab sections are at 8pm Tuesday and Thursday! For instructions on how to navigate to the lab, see ocf.io/lab. Due to high demand for the beginner track, we are opening up Thursday sections to beginner students as well.
  5. As a reminder, in-person attendance is not required. You can get attendance credit by either attending lab or completing the participation assignment on Gradescope.
  6. The lab and participation assignments are due on Saturday, April 9 at 11:59pm.
  7. Any questions? Just make a post on Piazza or contact us at decal@ocf.berkeley.edu!

Week 8 Announcement

Mar 28 · 1 min read

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Linux Sysadmin Decal! Here are your week 8 announcements:

  1. The eighth week’s labs and lectures have been released! You can view them below.
  2. Lab 5 solutions have been released!
  3. For additional late labs, please submit the late lab from
  4. Live lab sections are at 8pm Tuesday and Thursday! For instructions on how to navigate to the lab, see ocf.io/lab. Due to high demand for the beginner track, we are opening up Thursday sections to beginner students as well.
  5. As a reminder, in-person attendance is not required. You can get attendance credit by either attending lab or completing the participation assignment on Gradescope.
  6. The lab and participation assignments are due on Saturday, April 2 at 11:59pm.
  7. Any questions? Just make a post on Piazza or contact us at decal@ocf.berkeley.edu!

Week 7 Announcement

Mar 13 · 1 min read

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Linux Sysadmin Decal! Here are your week 7 announcements:

  1. The seventh week’s labs and lectures have been released! You can view them below.
  2. Due to minor issues with the participation assignments, we will give everyone who submitted the first 4 assignments full credit, regardless of your score. If you’d like to go back and figure out the correct answers though, we’ve reopened them and you can resubmit them as you like.
    We will be going back to the original policy of a score of at least 5/10 being required for participation credit. So, you can either attend live lab to receive the code (worth 5 points), or get all of the lecture questions correct with instant feedback (also worth 5 points).
  3. Lab 4 solutions have been released!
  4. For additional late labs, please submit the late lab from
  5. Live lab sections are at 8pm Tuesday and Thursday! For instructions on how to navigate to the lab, see ocf.io/lab. Due to high demand for the beginner track, we are opening up Thursday sections to beginner students as well.
  6. As a reminder, in-person attendance is not required. You can get attendance credit by either attending lab or completing the participation assignment on Gradescope.
  7. The lab and participation assignments are due in 2 weeks on Saturday, March 26 at 11:59pm.
  8. Any questions? Just make a post on Piazza or contact us at decal@ocf.berkeley.edu!

Week 6 Announcement

Mar 6 · 1 min read

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Linux Sysadmin Decal! Here are your week 6 announcements:

  1. The sixth week’s labs and lectures have been released! You can view them below.
  2. Due to minor issues with the participation assignments, we will give everyone who submitted the first 4 assignments full credit, regardless of your score. If you’d like to go back and figure out the correct answers though, we’ve reopened them and you can resubmit them as you like.
    We will be going back to the original policy of a score of at least 5/10 being required for participation credit. So, you can either attend live lab to receive the code (worth 5 points), or get all of the lecture questions correct with instant feedback (also worth 5 points).
  3. Lab 3 solutions have been released!
  4. For additional late labs, please submit the late lab from
  5. Live lab sections are at 8pm Tuesday and Thursday! For instructions on how to navigate to the lab, see ocf.io/lab Due to high demand for the beginner track, we are opening up Thursday sections to beginner students as well.
  6. As a reminder, in-person attendance is not required. You can get attendance credit by either attending lab or completing the participation assignment on Gradescope.
  7. The lab and participation assignments are due on Saturday, March 12 at 11:59pm.
  8. Any questions? Just make a post on Piazza or contact us at decal@ocf.berkeley.edu!

Week 5 Announcement

Feb 28 · 1 min read

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Linux Sysadmin Decal! Here are your week 5 announcements:

  1. The fifth week’s labs and lectures have been released! You can view them below.
  2. Lab 2 solutions have been released!
  3. For additional late labs, please submit the late lab form
  4. VM’s have been distributed! The login information to access your VM has been emailed to you. Please reach out on piazza if there are any issues with VM access.
  5. Live lab sections are at 8pm Tuesday and Thursday! For instructions on how to navigate to the lab, see ocf.io/lab Due to high demand for the beginner track, we are opening up Thursday sections to beginner students as well.
  6. As a reminder, in-person attendance is not required. You can get attendance credit by either attending lab or completing the participation assignment on Gradescope.
  7. The lab and participation assignments are due on Saturday, March 5 at 11:59pm.
  8. Any questions? Just make a post on Piazza or contact us at decal@ocf.berkeley.edu!

Week 4 Announcement

Feb 13 · 1 min read

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Linux Sysadmin Decal! Here are your week 4 announcements:

  1. The fourth week’s labs and lectures have been released! You can view them below.
  2. Lab 1 solutions have been released!
  3. For additional late labs, please submit the late lab from
  4. VM’s have been distributed! The login information to access your VM has been emailed to you. Please reach out on piazza if there are any issues with VM access.
  5. Live lab sections are at 8pm Tuesday and Thursday! For instructions on how to navigate to the lab, see ocf.io/lab Due to high demand for the beginner track, we are opening up Thursday sections to beginner students as well.
  6. As a reminder, in-person attendance is not required. You can get attendance credit by either attending lab or completing the participation assignment on Gradescope.
  7. The lab and participation assignments are due on Saturday, February 26 at 11:59pm.
  8. Any questions? Just make a post on Piazza or contact us at decal@ocf.berkeley.edu!

Week 3 Announcement

Feb 13 · 1 min read

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Linux Sysadmin Decal! Here are your week 3 announcements:

  1. The third week’s labs and lectures have been released! You can view them below.
  2. Due to maintenance of OCF servers on Saturday, Lab 2 is now due Monday, 2/14 at 11:59 pm.
  3. VM’s have been distributed! The login information to access your VM has been emailed to you. Please reach out on piazza if there are any issues with VM access.
  4. Live lab sections are at 8pm Tuesday and Thursday! For instructions on how to navigate to the lab, see ocf.io/lab Due to high demand for the beginner track, we are opening up Thursday sections to beginner students as well.
  5. As a reminder, in-person attendance is not required. You can get attendance credit by either attending lab or completing the participation assignment on Gradescope.
  6. The lab and participation assignments are due on Saturday, February 19 at 11:59pm.
  7. Any questions? Just make a post on Piazza or contact us at decal@ocf.berkeley.edu!

Week 2 Announcement

Feb 6 · 1 min read

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Linux Sysadmin Decal! Here are your week 2 announcements:

  1. The second week’s labs and lectures have been released! You can view them below.
  2. Live lab sections are at 8pm Tuesday and Thursday! For instructions on how to navigate to the lab, see ocf.io/lab Due to high demand for the beginner track, we are opening up Thursday sections to beginner students as well.
  3. In the unlikely event that the physical lab capacity is exceeded, in-person labs will be first come, first served with priority given to officially enrolled students.
  4. As a reminder, in-person attendance is not required. You can get attendance credit by either attending lab or completing the participation assignment on Gradescope.
  5. The lab and participation assignments are due on Saturday, February 12 at 11:59pm.
  6. Any questions? Just make a post on Piazza or contact us at decal@ocf.berkeley.edu!

Week 1 Announcement

Jan 30 · 1 min read

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Linux Sysadmin Decal! Here are your week 1 announcements:

  1. The first week’s labs and lectures have been released! You can view them below. Due to the short notice of this message, you don’t need to watch lecture before the lab section this week.
  2. Live lab sections begin this week at 8pm Tuesday and Thursday! For instructions on how to navigate to the lab, see ocf.io/lab Due to high demand for the beginner track, we are opening up Thursday sections to beginner students as well.
  3. In the unlikely event that the physical lab capacity is exceeded, in-person labs will be first come, first served with priority given to officially enrolled students.
  4. As a reminder, in-person attendance is not required. You can get attendance credit by either attending lab or completing the participation assignment on Gradescope.
  5. The lab and participation assignments are due on Saturday, February 5 at 11:59pm.
  6. Any questions? Just make a post on Piazza or contact us at decal@ocf.berkeley.edu!

Week 0 Announcement

Jan 15 · 0 min read
  1. The Linux SysAdmin Decal is back for Spring 2022!
  2. To enroll, fill out lab 0 here! Lab 0 is due Saturday, Jan. 29 at 11:59pm and enrollment keys will be sent to those who complete it.
  3. Learn more about the course at the about page.
  4. There will be two identical infosessions on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 8 pm and Thursday, Jan. 27, 8 pm on ocf.io/decalzoom.
  5. Any questions? Contact us at decal@ocf.berkeley.edu!
  6. Looking for a previous semester’s materials? You can view it in the archive.