<div dir="ltr">I've taken the same course through WGU. It's for the LPI sponsored Linux+ certification. I don't remember if I used a Windows box to study for it or not but I always have a Windows VM laying around for anything I cannot do in Linux. Honestly, just grin and bear it. You'll be happier in the long run.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Michael Brodeur <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikejoebro@yahoo.com" target="_blank">mikejoebro@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">What is the course about? Is it not something we could teach through ALE? I feel like we should make it our mission to help others learn Linux and get certified for Linux jobs.<br>
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> On Dec 17, 2014, at 8:29 AM, JD <<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com">jdp@algoloma.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Complaining to us doesn't help too much unless someone on this list works in a<br>
> powerful position at that school. Politely complain to the vendor AND to the<br>
> University chancellor, in writing. If possible, get others in the class to<br>
> complain as well.<br>
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> Does anyone else have experiences where they've gotten Linux to be supported? How?<br>
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>> On 12/17/2014 05:53 AM, Kerry Thompson wrote:<br>
>> It's Western Governors University. The course is through Labsim.<br>
>> I was aware that there were limited alternatives like pipelight, but I couldn't<br>
>> get anything to work in a relatively short amount of time. And as a newb, I just<br>
>> decided to bite the bullet and do it through Windows. I just wanted a more<br>
>> comprehensive Linux experience<br>
>><br>
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>><br>
>> On Dec 17, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Paul Storey <<a href="mailto:paul0123@comcast.net">paul0123@comcast.net</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:paul0123@comcast.net">paul0123@comcast.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Which university is this?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Paul<br>
>>><br>
>>>> On 12/16/2014 11:45 AM, K Thompson wrote:<br>
>>>> So, after talking to JD and getting convinced that it would be okay to<br>
>>>> complain about this using this forum, I finally decided to speak up about it.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> My university has a Linux+ course that I am in that requires Silverlight to<br>
>>>> run so that a newb like me would not be able to run the course outside of<br>
>>>> Windows. It is so frustrating that I cannot get a true Linux user experience<br>
>>>> of immersion into the OS through this course. I was really looking forward<br>
>>>> to ditching Windows for a little bit. Ugh! Just Ugh! I know I could have<br>
>>>> probably done it using something else, but then I'd still feel like that I<br>
>>>> was subject to Microsoft in some way.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Anyways...I apologize for my rant, but I just wanted to put this out there<br>
>>>> and see if I was the only one that thought this was outrageous!<br>
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