[ubuntu-us-in] Thoughts on linux class

[Miles Z Sterrett]

I'm sure you already plan to teach 'man' if you are going to teach the
command line.  I just wanted to emphasize that it should be taught.  I
admit to always forgetting that the man pages are the first place I
should be looking for answers, rather than Googling for some solution
or what have you.  Obviously, a ton of time doesn't need to be spent
there, but mentioning the man pages as the first place to look could
do some good.

  Good luck!

Miles Z. Sterrett



On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Simón Ruiz <simon.a.ruiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> I second this, and suggest a refinement to "common tasks YOUR AUDIENCE does".
>
>  Some people need to be shown how to use OpenOffice and Firefox, some
>  people will merely need to be told "And under the 'Applications' menu,
>  you can find your applications, like OpenOffice and Firefox. Now, onto
>  to the really interesting stuff...".
>
>  You mentioned on the forums that you intend to cover the command-line,
>  and even go into compiling programs from source. If they want to learn
>  the command-line, go for it, though maybe save compiling from source
>  until they're comfortable with the command-line basics. BASH is quite
>  different from the DOS prompt, like comparing a chainsaw with a bread
>  knife. So maybe they should get their bearings with chainsaw handling
>  and safety considerations before you have them cut something with it.
>
>  HOWEVER, you know them better than us, their interests and
>  aspirations, what they REALLY want to get out of Ubuntu, so take our
>  advice in context.
>
>  Hope you have an AWESOME class, and I look forward to the flood of new
>  members! ;-)
>
>  Simón
>
>
>  On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 11:56 PM, Jonathan Warner <jonwarner at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Basic/advanced covers a lot of ground. I would pick a focus such as
>  >  "common tasks a user does" as your goal.
>
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