I have a coworker who took 142 last semester. He did the entire course in Linux. When I took it 90% of the assignments were platform agnostic, but a few required Windows libraries or showing the TA you could use Visual Studio.
El Aug 5, 2013, a las 7:39 PM, Peter Konrad Konneker <pkonne...@gmail.com> escribió: > My tips? Everyone is different. Don't run faster than you are able, haha. I > was always failing (or nearly) at least one class b/c I wouldn't let myself > slacken my pace a little. Would have been better to just do it right the > first time at 3/4 pace or similar instead of trying for full-time school and > work on the side. Some people do full time school AND work, though. So don't > be afraid to push your limits to see what you're capable of. Just don't feel > bad if you aren't doing the same things as other people. > > Online classes are okay for some things and terrible for others. It's a siren > song. :) It worked well for me when I paced myself, though. Granted it was > just the one class and the only one I was doing at the time. > > Windows you'll probably need at some point. Dual booting isn't that hard, > though. Just make sure you get a friend who has done it before. :) Dunno > about specifically cs 142. You'd be surprised at how much they've changed > even in the past 5 years or so. > > You'll figure things out. :) Just make sure to live a little, haha. You're > in college now! > > -Peter > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Oliver Reed <crisco...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm an incoming freshman, and I was wondering if any of the more experienced >> BYU students have tips or suggestions to help me (and any other freshman >> that happen to be subscribed) succeed. Study habits we should start, time >> management techniques we should practice, and activities we should attend >> could be helpful as well as any other information you can think of that you >> wish you had known on entrance. >> >> Particularly, I'm interested in the CS program. What tips and tricks do you >> have for a Linux user going to school? Specifically, for CS 142, do I need >> some way to run Windows or Windows software? >> >> Thank you for any time and effort you put in to answering my questions. I'm >> extremely excited to experience college life, and I want my first semesters >> to be the best possible experience. >> >> -Oliver Reed >> >> -------------------- >> BYU Unix Users Group >> http://uug.byu.edu/ >> >> The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their >> author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
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