Thank you all for your suggestions and sorry for the late reply. The doctor supervising the IEEE student branch in the university has been ill and absent for the last week, he should return on Sunday, so we still don't have details about the time and date, the location and the equipment that we can work on. so please bear with me until Sunday or Monday.
IEEE also does a series of Engineering Lectures, one per week. based on Laoi recommendation; we can make a lecture about the Open Source philosophy, and schedule it on the week just before the course.This way we can also invite the students who attend the lecture to the crash course. Couple of years ago, there was a lecture about open source philosophy and Linux that was held in the IT department in JU, i don't remember the name of the guy who gave it but i really enjoyed the course. was it you Laoi ? :) About the outline, thank you Abdallah and Khamis for your suggestions. I think there are enough topics for beginners to fill 5 days, or at least 4. We can start by making a list of the things we can include in the course: (not in order) - -Introduction to Linux and [Open Source and Free Software] - Download, Install, Boot, dual booting. - Introducing the application and the GUI environments - What is Root user? (users and groups management ) - Checking your hardware - Connect to the network and Internet, bridge-mode ADSL, wireless, samba. - Getting help (man, forums, etc ...) - How to install more or update your packages (apt-get, synaptic, etc ...), what is the sources.list file, getting packages from 3rd party sources. - Introduction to Essential Commands and Bash. - mounting FAT/NTFS partitions. - Multimedia support. - (please add here if you have any suggestions, or remove from the list if you see that it doesn't fit beginners ) If you don't have enough time or knowledge to attends all the days, you can just give on the days that fit you. And i hope we will have enough volunteers to fill all the days :). From Abdallah: > It is a good move on your part although we don't have much time. It is a > good idea if you can plan ahead for next semester now. It could be a > recurijng yearly event that JU IEEE can plan for along its regular > activities. > It happened that in the IEEE committee for this year there were 2 Linux users, but this committee will last only another 6 months. We will try to encourage students to form a Linux-club inside the uni, this would help spread Linux in the future years. Best Regards -- Waleed Tuffaha. 2008/2/22 Loai Farajallah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > السلام عليكم > الأخ خميس, اقتراحك جيد برأيي > وكما قلت من قبل, أتطوع لليوم الأول مقدمة حول البرامج الحرة والمصادر > المفتوحة > > السلام عليكم > لؤي > > On 22/02/2008, Khamis Siksek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Salam alaikom, > > > > Very great opportunity, I think we need to have the LoCo within the loop > > of emails. > > > > Now regarding the crash course, I think that the 5 days crash course is > > good. > > > > Day 1- Introduction to Open Source and Free Software > > > > Day 2- > > Installing Ubuntu/Kubuntu > > Introducing the application and the GUI environments > > > > Day 3- > > What is Root user? > > Checking your hardware > > Connect to the network and Internet > > Getting help (man, forums, etc ...) > > > > Day 4- How to install more or update your packages (apt-get, synaptic, > > etc ...), what is the sources.list file, getting packages from 3rd party > > sources. > > > > Day 5- Introduction to Essential Commands and Bash > > > > This is my suggested course outline, and I am willing to give some of > > them on Saturdays, except for Day2, since I am not GUI expert. > > > > Best regards, > > Khamis Siksek > > > > 2008/2/20 Loai Farajallah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > السلام عليكم > > > ألا تعتقد أننا نحتاج -قبل البدء بمحاضرات تثبيت أوبونتو- إلى محاضرة > > > تعريفية بالمصادر المفتوحة وإلى أخرى للتعريف بلينكس ومميزاته بشكل عام؟ > > > إن كان الحال على ما أقول, فأنا مستعد للموضوعين, أعتقد أن ساعة تكفي لكل > > > منهما نستهلك بهما اليوم الأول. > > > > > > السلام عليكم > > > لؤي فرج الله > > > > > > On 20/02/2008, Abdallah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Salam Waleed, > > > > > > > > A 5 days course could be too long a commitment for many. But, > > > > insha'Allah, some one will be able to give that much and more. > > > > > > > > However, 10 hours are too much for an introduction course. > > > > > > > > Maybe a 2 days crash course designed to show students how things are > > > > done and where we go for help at any stage we are stuck with something. > > > > > > > > Intro Course: > > > > > > > > Day One: Download, Install, Boot. Root/User accounts > > > > Day Two: Networking . Get Online, Email clients, IRC networks... > > > > > > > > Then you could proceed to a second and third in a week or two after > > > > that. > > > > > > > > Intermediate Course: > > > > > > > > Day One: Programing On Linux Platform. gcc and such > > > > Day Two: Programing On Linux Platform. php and such or something > > > > else > > > > > > > > > > > > Advanced Course: > > > > > > > > Day One: Introduction to Internet Servers : Apache, Postfix, Cyrus > > > > Day Two: Intro to Security. Firewalls, Proxy .... > > > > > > > > > > > > and such .. > > > > > > > > JU IEEE duties will be: > > > > > > > > - Advertisement and registration > > > > - Place and equipment > > > > - Coordination and communications > > > > > > > > A minimum of 30 pre registered and committed to attend has to be > > > > reached well in advanced. Other wise, Course will be postponed or > > > > canceled. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I know two Jolugers who are excellent for the job. They are > > > > knowledgeable and dependable. I will not say their names yet as to give > > > > them time to answer this themselves. They both work afternoons so > > > > scheduling has to be done if they are willing and able to be of help. > > > > > > > > It is a good move on your part although we don't have much time. > > > > It is a good idea if you can plan ahead for next semester now. It > > > > could be > > > > a recurijng yearly event that JU IEEE can plan for along its regular > > > > activities. > > > > > > > > > > > > Have a great day. > > > > > > > > Wassalam Alaikum wr wb > > > > > > > > Abdallah > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 20, 2008 5:11 AM, Waleed Tuffaha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > In effort to help spread Linux, IEEE Student Branch in the > > > > > University of Jordan is planning to make a crash course in Ubuntu for > > > > > beginners, and we are looking for experienced volunteers to give the > > > > > course. > > > > > > > > > > Some ideas about the course: > > > > > - it will probably be 5 days, around 2 hours a day in the > > > > > afternoon. ( the time and date are not yet fixed, but we want to make > > > > > the > > > > > course before the mid-term exams in the uni, so before 20/3 ). > > > > > - it should cover Ubuntu installation, and we hope by the > > > > > end of the course the student will have the basics for using Linux ( > > > > > instead > > > > > of window$ ). > > > > > > > > > > Since the volunteers will have more experience than us in > > > > > Linux-courses, we will be flexible and we welcome any suggestions. We > > > > > ask > > > > > the volunteers to suggest a syllabus for the course. We think it will > > > > > be > > > > > better if more than one volunteer give the course together. > > > > > > > > > > If there are enthusiastic volunteers who which to share > > > > > their knowledge and have the time to do so, please contact us :). > > > > > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Waleed Tuffaha. > > > > > 0788-704590 > > > > > Vice Chair of the JU IEEE Student Branch. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Khamis Siksek > > http://saksoook.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
