UNH CS is still linux-based. They run linux servers and desktop systems. There is a new windows-based IT program but the CS major is still linux-based.
On 01/10/2013 09:24 AM, Susan Cragin wrote: > UNH also used to have a good intro class for emacs and org. I don't know if > they still have it, but some of the sessions are available on youtube. I'm > sorry I've forgotten the name of the professor. > > I did a word search in the course catalogue for linux and found only this. > CS 721 - Operating System Kernel Design > Credits: 4.00 > Design and implementation of an operating system kernel, using LINUX as an > example. Detailed discussion of the data structures and algorithms used in > the kernel to handle interrupts, schedule processes, manage memory, access > files, deal with network protocols, and perform device-level I/O. Course is > project-oriented, and requires the student to make modifications and > additions to the LINUX kernel. Prereq: CS 720 or permission. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Minuti > Sent: Jan 10, 2013 8:16 AM > To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > Subject: Re: Linux-centric curricula in New England? > > I believe UNH's CS department was quite linux-centric. The first programming > course for engineers was C++ using GCC and VI, and required ssh'ing into a > server to submit work. That's about all I can speak to, though. > > That said, I think they've switched over to Java for a lot of the beginning > stuff a few years back, so none of what I said might be true anymore. > > On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Robert Casey <beecee...@gmail.com> wrote: > I graduated with a CS degree from UMass Lowell in 2004 and, at the time, the > default development platform was a Linux server. The entry level coursework > included introductions to basics Unix development tools (shell commands, > emacs, gcc, gdb, make, etc). I wouldn't go so far as saying Linux/FOSS was > being pushed, but it was certainly not a MS centric environment. I can only > remember a handful of CS courses where a Windows box was considered > preferable (Java courses come to mind). > Of course a lot has changed at UML since then so it may be different today. > -Bobby > > On Jan 9, 2013 2:57 PM, "Michael ODonnell" <michael.odonn...@comcast.net> > wrote: > Are there schools in New England that grant undergrad technical degrees (IT > or CS) where the courses and professors emphasize Linux and FOSS rather than > being thinly disguised proxies for Micro$oft's marketing dept? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > -- ************************************ Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
