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Operating Systems: Processes to Kernels
A rigorous university-level operating systems course modelled after MIT 6.S081, Berkeley CS162, and CMU 15-213. Covers process management, scheduling, synchronisation, virtual memory, file systems, and OS security. Includes hands-on labs in C.
- 11 hours
- 28 lessons
- 7 modules
- 50-question practice exam
- updated May 2026
Try it before you sign up
Read a full lesson and answer 3 questions from the Module 1 quiz. No account needed.
Kernel vs User Space, System Calls, and OS History
7 modules, 28 lessons
Module 1 is free — lessons, hands-on walkthrough and quiz. The course ends with a 50-question practice exam.
- readKernel vs User Space, System Calls, and OS History35 min
- hands-onExploring System Calls on Linux20 min
- quizOS Fundamentals Quiz15 min
Built by the CloudaQube team
No celebrity instructor — here is exactly what goes into the course instead.
- 01 7 guided hands-on walkthroughs you run in a real environment.
- 02 7 module quizzes and a 50-question practice exam — every answer comes with an explanation.
- 03 Last updated May 2026.
- 04 Any module can become a hands-on lab in Labs Studio.
What you'll be able to do
- 01 Explain kernel vs user space, system calls, and major OS architectures
- 02 Manage processes and threads with fork, exec, and POSIX thread primitives
- 03 Implement and analyse CPU scheduling algorithms including Linux CFS
- 04 Identify and prevent race conditions using mutexes, semaphores, and monitors
- 05 Describe virtual memory, paging, and demand paging
- 06 Explain inode-based file systems, journaling, and VFS
- 07 Describe OS security mechanisms: capabilities, namespaces, and containers
- — C programming -- pointers, malloc, structs (required)
- — Computer architecture basics -- memory, registers, assembly (helpful)
- — Data structures and algorithms (helpful)
Before you start
How long does it take?
About 11 hours of lessons, videos and hands-on walkthroughs across 7 modules, plus a 50-question practice exam.
What’s free?
Module 1 in full — lessons, hands-on walkthrough and quiz — with no card required. Any paid plan (from $8.99/mo) unlocks all 7 modules and the practice exam, and starts with a 14-day free trial.
Start the course with Module 1 free.
No card required. Unlock every module and the practice exam from $8.99/mo when you’re ready.