$2,400 'Introduction To Linux' Course Will Be Free and Online This Summer

Posted by timothy on Saturday March 8, 2014 @11:01AM from the divide-by-zero-for-your-discount dept.

kc123 writes "Earlier this week, The Linux Foundation announced that it would be working with edX, a non-profit online learning site governed by Harvard and MIT, to make its "Introduction to Linux" course free and open to all. The Linux Foundation has long offered a wide variety of training courses through its website, but those can generally cost upwards of $2,000. This introductory class, which usually costs $2,400, will be the first from the Linux Foundation to run as a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)."

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Re:Repeat after me by epyT-R · 2014-03-08 11:28 · Score: 0, Troll

..and what do you do with the computer again? besides facebook? You're right in a way, though, as people with simple enough needs don't need to touch it..no matter what system they use. What I don't understand is why a simpleton like yourself is even posting here.