Finding Educational Materials For A Linux Class?

Doug Carter asks: "I am a senior Linux developer/system/network guy at a rapidly growing startup. Part of my resonsibilities is to help educate new aspiring Linux folks and otherwise evanglize the use of Open Source within our company. I thought a great way to do this would be with informal brown bag sessions, once or twice a week. The only thing I'm missing is some generic Linux class education material that I can talk to. I could write it myself, but I hate reinventing the wheel and I'm sure there are some useful materials out there already. I've been searching the net for weeks now and the only stuff I've found is online tutorials (that can't be downloaded) and Linux materials that people are actually charging for! In the wonderful world of open source software, where are the open source education materials?"

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Try rute

[buttfucker2000]

Rute, the beginner's guide to Linux

Free Linux Training Materials

[davefgbd]

Have you not seen our free Linux Training Materials for professional instructors at http://www.linuxtraining.co.uk?

If our currently released modules don't cover topics which interest you, let us know. There are several unreleased modules in the pipeline.

Dave Fisher
GBdirect / Linux Training Materials Project

Open Source != Non Profit

[gempabumi]

We have a great Linux/Apache course that we run in our training programs. It is geared to the new user, without an 'RTFM' attitude, and it has many useful exercises and links to related materials. We spent two months developing the course, and have had customers for it since the day it was completed.

Would we give it away for free? No chance. Like it or not, we are in the training _business_. Our course materials are our product, and giving them away would mean shutting down our operations.

The idea that everything should be free as in beer, AKAIK, is not the intention of open source (or free software, whatever). Course materials take time and resources to produce, and they bring value to the market. Those who bring value to the market should be rewarded with more than just an ego trip. Let's not get into the mindset that if it's not free as in beer, it's against the spirit of Linux. Open source software needs credible business models to survive. Training materials and books are a large part of that business model. Let's encourage them, and support open source.

Anyway, if you search anywhere for "foo tutorial" you'll find a wealth of information for free.

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Here's a site you could try...

[Howard Roark]

Here is a site that might solve part of your problem:

linuxcommand.org
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Howard Roark, Architect

Re:As BSD people say...

[johnnyb]

Actually, a lot of GPL software has _great_ documentation. The GCC manual has about 600 pages of great material, covering a lot of the compiler's internals. The GNOME project likewise has wonderful documentation, including Havoc's book. I don't see where you get the idea the GPL discourages documentation