Re: [MLUG] looking for a Linux tutor

[Mikhail Kovalenko <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Phoebe Kempe wrote:
> 
> Anyone want to start throwing around curriculum ideas? I'm thinking an
> Intro class would at least need 1. installation, 2. command line and
> 3. x-windows.

I don't think installation should be the first topic. It requires some
Unix knowledge to be already present. IMHO, a brief history of Unix is a
good opening topic. Then exploration of command-line tools common to all
Unices. That'd be a good start. There are many of books summing up all
that stuff such as "Unix in a nutshell". Then Linux-specific information
and tools, then X, then security (of course), and then installation.
Basically, get people interested enough first so they would want to
install it themselves and have a basic knowledge to do it.

The *real* challenge here is to stuff it all into a brief course (about
3-4 hours or so) with enough time for hands-on practice. OTOH, it could
be too much information for one class. It can be split up, too, with the
subject of security being present in every separate session :)

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