Yes, Professor Micallef's Computer Logic Course. I tried it on wine, didn't seem to work, and as I already wanted to try out Virtualbox, I tested XP on it.
I also think a good front page would be nice, explaining Linux and the distros in easy to understand terms. The Linux Format Magazine has 2 pages dedicated to simple commands, definitions etc, perhaps we could make use of them? Also, perhaps we split the distros into categories? Another worthy project for the MLUG would be translating Ubuntu into Maltese. It can be done through launchpad. There's quite a bit of work involved though, and I'm not sure exactly about the viability of the work, as most of us understand English fairly well. I have yet to see anyone using a computer with a Maltese interface, it doesn't translate that well. Distros for Beginners - Ubuntu, Mint, whatever (Perhaps OpenSuse could fit here?) Distros for Power Users - Fedora,SUSE, Debian Distros for Advanced Users - Gentoo, Arch, etc? Distro for Masochists & Gluttons For Punishment - Linux From Scratch. Ok, I was joking about the previous one. Perhaps put isos then for those distros? And leave the full repository to Ubuntu and Gentoo, or whatever you like? Perhaps put a couple of live cds there, too? Damn Small Linux, Knoppix, etc come to mind. On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 22:49 +0200, Sebastian Cachia wrote: > There was a small CIS course in first year which focused mostly on > VIM. This year about 20 of us who chose Systems Programming had to > make good use of Linux, not to mention testing the later projects on > Solaris and BSD. Im not sure if Systems Programming is on next years > course catalogue however, I didn't find it the other time, but credits > towards the OS course increased, so perhaps they have been joined > together. > > With regards to lecturers, Dr Cachia and Mr Cordina with CSA and Mr > Meli with CIS seem to be Linux users. Perhaps they might even be on > this list? I'm not sure about any others. > > PSpice? That would be Prof Micallef right? I ran an 8086 emulator like > that this year using Wine. Hadn't tried pspice on wine last year as I > still had an XP box at home back then but I hear there is similar > software available for Linux (probably still better to stick to the > lecturer's recomended software though). > > openSuse, Debian and Fedora would be a good start for ISOs. Perhaps it > would be a good idea to have a nice friendly "Get Linux" page on the > site linking to the downloads. Though having too many distro's there > might cause more confusion to new users if everything is not properly > explained. Anyway just my thoughts... > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list
