[ale] OT: Linux+ Course requires Silverlight

[Joe Rossi]

Sorry not sure my other reply went through (spam filters) but this is a
Western Governors University course.  It's prep for the Linux+
certification.  I don't remember if I used a Windows VM to study (I have
over 10+ years of Linux experience) for this class but whatever the pain is
to complete it, do it!  You're not going to be able to use Linux for every
single thing in your professional career and the LPI sponsored Linux+
certification was one of the more thorough exams I've taken.  I even want
to the 2nd level just for kicks.

I'm about 75% done with my BS-InfoSec from WGU.  I have very little
complaints with their infrastructure keeping in mind most that are taking
degree programs aren't headed towards a Linux-centric career so they have
to cater to the majority.  I've studied for every other course using my
Arch Linux laptop with little problems.  You'll have to use WGU's web cam
to take the proctored exams using Windows only but it's a minor
inconvenience, especially for the price of the education they provide - all
certs included in the program, testing materials from Cisco, Transcender,
CompTIA, etc.

Good luck on your degree.

On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Charles Shapiro <hooterpincher at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Shrug. I doubt it was a decision. They're probably wed to their
> infrastructure and simply can't offer any course without Silverlight.
>
> -- CHS
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Not too wise decision from a "Governors" University ...
>>
>> On Wed, 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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