Week 5

Hi everyone, we’re entering the fifth week of the DeCal! At this point, you should have turned in your Lab 4 on Gradescope. We’ll be taking a look and grading them soon. Weekly notes:

• Normal schedule, Lecture + Lab on Tuesday 10/6 7-9PM PST.
  • Slides link are released, but are not official/finalized until after lecture is given on Tuesday 7pm.
• Lab 5 has been released and can be accessed below
  • Please use the corresponding Ed thread for Lab 5 related questions
• Any questions? Post on Ed or reach us at decal@ocf.berkeley.edu!

Week 0: 9/01/2026

Infosession: Tues 9/1 & Thurs 9/3, 7-8pm @ OCF Lab Slides

Lab: Lab 0 due Sat. 9/5

Week 1: 9/08/2026

Lecture: History of UNIX, Intro to Linux, FOSS | Slides

Lab: Lab 1 due Sat. 9/12

Week 2: 9/15/2026

Lecture: Core Shell & Shell Scripting | Slides

Lab: Lab 2 due Sat. 9/19

Week 3: 9/22/2026

Lecture: Packages | Slides

Lab: Lab 3 due Sat. 9/26

Week 4: 9/29/2026

Lecture: Services | Slides

Lab: Lab 4 due Sat. 9/33

Week 5: 10/06/2026

Lecture: Networking 101 | Slides

Lab: Lab 5 due Sat. 10/10

Week 6: 10/13/2026

Lecture: Web Servers |

Lab: Lab 6 due Sat. 10/17

Week 7: 10/20/2026

Lecture: Security Fundamentals |

Lab: Lab 7 due Sat. 10/24

Week 8: 10/27/2026

Lecture: Version Control (git) and Backups |

Lab: Lab 8 due Sun. 11/1

Week 9: 11/03/2026

Lecture: Docker |

Lab: Lab 9 due Sat. 11/7

Week 10: 11/10/2026

Lecture: Nix |

Lab: Lab 10 due Sat. 11/14

Week 11: 11/17/2026

Lecture: Kubernetes (Optional Extra Lab) |

Lab: Lab 11 due Sat. 11/21