<div dir="ltr"><div>I agree. It really does require breaking out into the why of using Linux. A student in CS will need to think differently than a home user tired of virus's and wanting to reuse their existing hardware.<br>
<br></div>Various distros have release specialty version of their main release for specific markets. Maybe those could be used as a discussion point for teaching.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Adrya Stembridge <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adrya.stembridge@gmail.com" target="_blank">adrya.stembridge@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">That depends on whether that person would be using Linux for home or office use. Each has its own sets of needs and challenges. Home users want to play music, videos, possibly do some backups by connecting to other systems on the home network. Some may want to game. Maybe the home user is a musician and wants to explore DAW/music solutions in Linux. Perhaps they are a budding filmmaker and are interested in seeing what Linux has to offer. <br>
<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Derek Carter (aka goozbach) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:goozbach@friocorte.com" target="_blank">goozbach@friocorte.com</a>></span> wrote:</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">
I've been toying with creating an intro-to-linux course and would like<br>
to know what topics you would think would be best.<br></div><div class="im">What would you want to learn if you had *ZERO* Linux experience?<br></div></blockquote></div></div></div>
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