Linux course and NEU (eg. Northeastern)

[dsr at tao.merseine.nu]

On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 10:04:00PM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> In light of the Linux on the Desktop, I'd like to elicit some ideas on
> how to set up an 11 week syllabus. In the past, I've taught courses that
> already had some previous syllabus, but on this one, I may need to
> develop from scratch. 

If they already know UNIX basics, then this should be a tour of GNOME
and KDE and the major apps under each.

- window manager
- file manager
- themes and customizability
- help systems
- small apps and utilities
  - applets
  - IM/irc
  - mp3 players and cd players and whatnot
  - perhaps a CD burning tutorial
- browser
- word processor
- spreadsheet
- presentation software
- graphics software

If they don't, then it should start out with a tutorial on shells and
filesystems and a quick overview of vi and emacs, and then do the rest.

It should basically be a "how to have a happy life with a Linux desktop"
course, so that they can go out and tell their friends it isn't that
hard.

-dsr-

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