Re: Teaching Linux this summer

[Mario Olimpio de Menezes <mario@curiango.ipen.br>]

On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Daniel Glenn wrote:

> 
> 
> Curriculum outline so far:
> 
> 1. Being a basic User. 
> 	Logging in, getting around, seeing who is online, the 
> 	home directory, starting X, reading Mail, access 
> 	privileges. 
> 	* This is probably where I need to be reminded
> 	  of all the simple things you can do as a user.

I would include here some basic shell studies, like:
- simple pipes, environment variables, dot-files;
- simple in-line for loops;
Also, some kind of automation with cron/at should be valuable, imho.
And, as a must item, how to use man pages, infos, HOWTOS, docs, ...


> 4. Form teams. 
> 	Once we have a plan, we'll have to assign
> 	people to what they do best. Some will be 
> 	able to do the Art, some the harder HTML,
> 	some will just write.

why not some easy perl cgi?


[]s, 
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