[ale] OT: Linux+ Course requires Silverlight

[Joe Rossi]

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.

On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Michael Brodeur <mikejoebro at yahoo.com>
wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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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