>H ey Dennis, > >It seems to me that "Introduction to Linux" is probably a bad title for >the class. It seems from the description it's closer to "Basic System >Administration of Linux." I, for one, would hope that we're at the >point where the introduction to Linux in general doesn't include a >command line. > > --Ted
Hi Ted, (Aside: I'm trying to get Zimbra to bottom post. It's not easy.) As der.hans pointed out that's the official title. I get students that range from never having seen Linux before to sysadmins at GoDaddy. The intro class is required for all CIS students I start out with Ubuntu since it's easy to install anywhere and has good support for VirtualBox. I want students to get excited about Linux if they have never seen it before. After a couple of weeks with Ubuntu we install CentOS either on the system or as a VM. This gives them a taste of the Red Hat way of doing things and lets us explore some things (runlevels, GRUB) that Ubuntu makes, well, just too easy. :-) >From the beginning I show them how the command line can automate a simple task >that if done in the GUI would take much longer. We do spend quite a bit of >time working in the CLI. Some students have come back and told me that was the >part they liked best about the class. Others, well, just don't like to type. >(This from the generation that can type 30 wpm with their thumbs while >navigating an LA freeway.) I wonder what things will be like in 3~5 years when keyboards are obsolete and everything has a touchscreen? Dennis
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