Re: Linux-centric curricula in New England?

2013-01-10 Thread Matt Minuti
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

Re: Linux-centric curricula in New England?

2013-01-10 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Matt Minuti writes: 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

Re: Linux-centric curricula in New England?

2013-01-10 Thread Susan Cragin
-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

Re: Linux-centric curricula in New England?

2013-01-10 Thread Gina L Desmarais
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

Re: Linux-centric curricula in New England?

2013-01-10 Thread Chip Marshall
On 10-Jan-2013, Gina L Desmarais g...@cs.unh.edu sent: 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. Back when I took classes there, it was all UNIX based. Have they switched over to

Re: Linux-centric curricula in New England?

2013-01-10 Thread Jerry Feldman
- 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

Linux-centric curricula in New England?

2013-01-09 Thread Michael ODonnell
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

Re: Linux-centric curricula in New England?

2013-01-09 Thread Robert Casey
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