Re: Summer Linux Classes at Mesa Community College

2011-05-23 Thread Ted Gould
On Sun, 2011-05-22 at 22:25 -0700, Dennis Kibbe wrote: 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

Re: Summer Linux Classes at Mesa Community College

2011-05-23 Thread Phillip Waclawski
The full, official title of the class is Linux Operating System http://www.maricopa.edu/curriculum/A-C/042cis126dl.html I agree that we do indeed need to write a class for an Intro to the Linux Desktop. I disagree that we should throw out the command line. While it is not necessary for the

Re: Summer Linux Classes at Mesa Community College

2011-05-23 Thread der.hans
Am 23. May, 2011 schwätzte Ted Gould so: On Sun, 2011-05-22 at 22:25 -0700, Dennis Kibbe wrote: I think that this is a problem that the Linux Desktop has in general. Too many people associate the term Linux with servers and think that it can only exist there. That means we'll never win in

Re: Summer Linux Classes at Mesa Community College

2011-05-23 Thread der.hans
Am 23. May, 2011 schwätzte Phillip Waclawski so: moin moin, uh oh, the boss showed up :). The full, official title of the class is Linux Operating System http://www.maricopa.edu/curriculum/A-C/042cis126dl.html The incorrect name we use in promo is almost definitely my fault. I agree that

Re: Summer Linux Classes at Mesa Community College

2011-05-23 Thread Phillip Waclawski
I would love to do a GIMP class, or a Blender class (which I'm learning as fast as I can for our summer youth camp). Blender (especially the 2.57b) is an amazing piece of software. I'm seriously considering trying to create a small bare motherboard render farm for it. ;) Phil Waclawski -