[ale] OT: Linux+ Course requires Silverlight

[Michael Brodeur]

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.

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> On Dec 17, 2014, at 8:29 AM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
> 
> Complaining to us doesn't help too much unless someone on this list works in a
> powerful position at that school.  Politely complain to the vendor AND to the
> University chancellor, in writing. If possible, get others in the class to
> complain as well.
> 
> Does anyone else have experiences where they've gotten Linux to be supported? How?
> 
>> On 12/17/2014 05:53 AM, Kerry Thompson wrote:
>> It's Western Governors University. The course is through Labsim. 
>> I was aware that there were limited alternatives like pipelight, but I couldn't
>> get anything to work in a relatively short amount of time. And as a newb, I just
>> decided to bite the bullet and do it through Windows.  I just wanted a more
>> comprehensive Linux experience 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Dec 17, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Paul Storey <paul0123 at comcast.net
>> <mailto:paul0123 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Which university is this?
>>> 
>>> Paul
>>> 
>>>> On 12/16/2014 11:45 AM, K Thompson wrote:
>>>> So, after talking to JD and getting convinced that it would be okay to
>>>> complain about this using this forum, I finally decided to speak up about it.
>>>> 
>>>> My university has a Linux+ course that I am in that requires Silverlight to
>>>> run so that a newb like me would not be able to run the course outside of
>>>> Windows. It is so frustrating that I cannot get a true Linux user experience
>>>> of immersion into the OS through this course.  I was really looking forward
>>>> to ditching Windows for a little bit.  Ugh!  Just Ugh!  I know I could have
>>>> probably done it using something else, but then I'd still feel like that I
>>>> was subject to Microsoft in some way.
>>>> 
>>>> Anyways...I apologize for my rant, but I just wanted to put this out there
>>>> and see if I was the only one that thought this was outrageous!
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