<div dir="ltr">First off, leam, great idea of a linux admin class for CS majors. I would have benefited greatly from something like that if I had known the jobs I would end up holding after my undergrad. <div>Jerald, I think your layout for coursework would be great and as someone who remembers nearly nothing from their Operating System course, that would be a great way to refresh the material without dying in the details. (My OS course was just really painful so some repressed memories came with it)</div>
<div><br></div><div>We might want to consider the idea of offering any of the courses online. I am not sure which of the open courseware services would work but I think it is worth considering. </div><div><br></div><div>That's just an initial thought and as always, I am more than willing to work as a technical writer should anyone need another set of eyeballs. </div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Jerald Sheets <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:questy@gmail.com" target="_blank">questy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Well, as a died-in-the-wool Mac guy, I humbly disagree.<br>
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I joined ALE a long time before I moved to ATL (while still in BRLUG, actually), and did it to have people of like-minded Linuxyness to talk to, learn from, etc. However, I work in Linux Constantly from my desktop, which just isn’t Linux. If I need Mac help, I know where to go. :) But if I need Linux desktop help, I’d come here.<br>
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I think the local LUG serves a hugely important role. Our issues with abusing newbies notwithstanding, the best place to go and learn a ton about everyday Linuxy goodness is right here on ALE. We could definitely take part in helping out local programs by talking to aspiring tech-nerds during their programs, doing a mini-install-fest with students… on VMs if necessary, maybe even offer a module of coursework to a local school. All in all we can help…<br>
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I think Linux students could use:<br>
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History (like from the beginning of “The Art of UNIX Programming”. There’s some gems there)<br>
Operating System theory & comparison<br>
Bootup<br>
Filesystems<br>
daemons<br>
storage<br>
processes, IPC, and job control<br>
Windowing systems<br>
Package management<br>
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That’s just off the top of my head… I think anyone approaching a new OS would need to know these things. Whether “Disks” on a Mac, “Filesystems” on Linux, or “Drives” on Windows, the theory is the same, just the naming is different. Sort of a “comparative religions” of OSes so they have some reference to their current world to make sense of it all.<br>
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—jms<br>
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On Nov 6, 2013, at 2:47 PM, leam hall <<a href="mailto:leamhall@gmail.com">leamhall@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> How to afford a Mac?<br>
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