A Linux distribution is the kernel plus hundreds of thousands of packages
on top. On Ubuntu and Debian the package manager is apt (high level)
over dpkg (low level). Package files are laid out in a standard
hierarchy; see fhs (binaries in /usr/bin, configs in /etc, apt
state in /var/lib/apt). This lesson is READ-only: your sandbox is on an
isolated network with no internet, so you cannot download anything new.
But everything already installed is yours to study in full.