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Free Linux Course is free to join and published 10,076 members on Skool.

A review on the numbers, not an opinion: nobody here has joined Free Linux Course, and nothing below is a verdict.

Free Linux Course is a free Skool group that teaches Linux on the command line, with landing tech jobs as its stated aim.[1] It is hosted by Mischa van den Burg, a senior DevOps engineer, Microsoft MVP and Kubestronaut who is the founder and CTO of KubeCraft.[1][2][3] The group says van den Burg has used Linux for more than ten years.[1] The Skool group was created in January 2026, and people apply for access to the course and the community.[1]

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Members
10,076
Published price
Free to join
no paid tier published here
Members, last 30 days
+428
2 Oct 2026 to 1 Nov 2026
Rank by members
#193
of 6,074 sellers listed here
Size rank in niche
#17
of 447 sellers listed in agency and client services, by published members
Check the Course score
93
A, very strong
Niche
Agency and client services
484 listed here
Created
19 Jan 2026
Skool publishes this date
Readings
16
since 6 Sept 2026

About Free Linux Course

The core material is a full eight-hour Linux course on mastering the command line.[1] Members also get weekly workshops and livestreams, and a community of engineers who share progress and help each other.[1] The course frames Linux as the foundation to master before moving on to other skills.[1]

The YouTube channel markets KubeCraft as a DevOps career accelerator in which members build production systems and prepare for interviews.[1][2] KubeCraft material is also available through chat.kubecraftlabs.io, a self-hosted RAG chatbot.[3] Van den Burg's YouTube channel covers DevOps, Kubernetes, career strategy and AI.[2] A blog at mischavandenburg.com covers cloud-native work, including Kubernetes, Azure, Vim, Linux, coding and productivity.[3]

Sources

  1. Skool listing: skool.com/linux, as collected 22 Sept 2026
  2. YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCDAck-gFPTrgTx_qp59-bQA, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
  3. Official website: mischavandenburg.com, retrieved 28 Sept 2026

Compiled by Check the Course from the sources listed, to the best of our ability.

What the listing describes
NicheAgency and client servicesFormatCourse

Read from the listing’s own words: what is offered, never how well.

What is inside

Course modules
64
Courses
6
Posts, all time
1,684
People running it
8

Counts published by Free Linux Course on its own page, read on 8 Oct 2026: how much is included, never how good it is. Listed as run by mischa.

How we knowSourced & dated
Observed on 1 Nov 2026 from Skool source page archived copy 81731176f066.
Observable monthly ceiling
$0
monthly price
10,076
published members
$0
theoretical ceiling per month

This community is published as free, so the figure is zero. Its members are an audience, not customers. Nothing here estimates what that audience might be worth, and no price is applied to it anywhere on this site.

Against the agency and client services niche

Percentile among the other 483 agency and client services listings here, each seller counted once for size.

Size96th
smallestlargest
Check the Course Score
93AVery strong

Ahead of 93% of the 13,588 Skool communities we track, including ones without a page here, on the measures below, each read from a figure Free Linux Course published itself.

  • Size 53% of the scoreahead of 98%
  • Growth 27% of the scoreahead of 72%
  • Track record 20% of the scoreahead of 26%

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  • Top 5% by size in agency and client services. Measured by Check the Course.Top 5% by size in agency and client services. Measured by Check the Course.
  • Members up 11% since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.Members up 11% since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.

    Net member count up 11% between our first reading, on 6 Sept 2026, and our latest, on 1 Nov 2026.

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Evidence and signals

Listed on 10,076 members.

Evidence: measured.

Following elsewhere
127,000 at its largest127,000 on YouTube. Followers on another platform, not members here.
First recorded
6 September 2026our first reading, not its launch
Elsewhere
WebsiteYouTube

Tracked over time

Member change
+26+0.3%over 2 days+428+4.4%over 30 days
Price change
Unchanged at every reading

16 observations over 55 days.

Member count
9.2K9.4K9.6K9.8K10.0K10,0766 Sept 20261 Nov 2026change

Observation log

Observation log
ObservedMembersChangePriceCeiling / month
1 Nov 202610,076+26Free to joinNot calculated
30 Oct 202610,050+28Free to joinNot calculated
28 Oct 202610,022+28Free to joinNot calculated
25 Oct 20269,994+7Free to joinNot calculated
24 Oct 20269,987+39Free to joinNot calculated
21 Oct 20269,948+59Free to joinNot calculated
17 Oct 20269,889+8Free to joinNot calculated
16 Oct 20269,881+64Free to joinNot calculated
13 Oct 20269,817+47Free to joinNot calculated
9 Oct 20269,770+16Free to joinNot calculated
8 Oct 20269,754+54Free to joinNot calculated
4 Oct 20269,700+52Free to joinNot calculated
2 Oct 20269,648+233Free to joinNot calculated
22 Sept 20269,415+362Free to joinNot calculated
7 Sept 20269,053+9Free to joinNot calculated
6 Sept 20269,044Free to joinNot calculated
Average per week, last 30 days2 Oct 2026 to 1 Nov 2026+100
Average per week, since first reading6 Sept 2026 to 1 Nov 2026+131

Milestones observed

Milestones observed
MembersCrossingBetween readings
10,000Passed25 Oct 2026 and 28 Oct 2026

Seller’s followers on other platforms

Seller’s followers on other platforms
Read, about monthlyYouTubeTikTok
7 Oct 2026127,000+27,000
6 Sept 2026100,000

Course content readings

Course content readings
ObservedPostsModulesCourses
8 Oct 20261,684+64646
2 Oct 20261,620+254646
6 Sept 20261,366646
Added per week6 Sept 2026 to 8 Oct 2026+7000

Common questions about Free Linux Course

What is Free Linux Course?
Free Linux Course is a free Skool group that teaches Linux on the command line, with landing tech jobs as its stated aim. It is hosted by Mischa van den Burg, a senior DevOps engineer, Microsoft MVP and Kubestronaut who is the founder and CTO of KubeCraft.
How much does Free Linux Course cost?
Free Linux Course is free to join on Skool; its listing shows no charge, read 1 Nov 2026.
How many members does Free Linux Course have?
Free Linux Course lists 10,076 members, read 1 Nov 2026.
How has Free Linux Course's membership changed?
From 9,044 members on 6 Sept 2026, our first reading, to 10,076 on 1 Nov 2026: up 1,032, or 11%.
How does Free Linux Course compare with other agency and client services communities?
Free Linux Course is free to join, where the median priced agency and client services listing charges $37 a month. The niche median is 544 members. Pricing benchmarks by niche.
What else does Free Linux Course's seller list?
The same seller has 1 other listing we track: KubeCraft Career Accelerator.
What do you get inside Free Linux Course?
Free Linux Course publishes 64 course modules, 6 courses, 1,684 posts, 8 admins. Communities with the most course content.

Other listings by this seller

Other listings by this seller
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KubeCraft Career Accelerator80130 Oct 2026

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