On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Mukund Deshmukh <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think Kartik and jtd need to read what the person is asking for and >> then reply.He has no where mentioned that he wants to install linux just >> wants to learn it. >> >> > Like learning driving in class room ;-))
More like learning flying in a classroom(A.k.A. Simulators, where pilots do a bulk of their training before they are even allowed near an aircraft). If driving schools had simulators of cars, i dont see why training there wouldn't be valid. Of Course, the real test is in a real car, but i'd be much more confident my first time, if i had a few hundred hours of simulator time. The same goes for training. If the training institute provides you with the hardware, with the express aim of using it to teach you, then how is that different from you using your own, at least for the initial stages? i'm sure, if you hunt around, you'd find some institutes like that even, though i expect you have to look hard. I think your real beef is with the kind of institutes that treat their computers with a holy reverence, to be used to only display the PPT's(Sic. Presentations) of the faculty while the dumb students gaze on with rapt attention, keeping their hands behind their backs(Dont Touch!!!), until the trainer tells them to copy-paste code and compile/execute. Such training, you'd do better without. Rajeev > > > -Mukund > > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
