As a (fellow) O/S-Networking-Hardware instructor, lend me your ear:
1. I have heard (and felt) the Mandrake makes both installations and runtime easy, other than that...there is too much similarity between the distros to really have an impact
2. Inform your students that there are many things that can be done at the CLI as well as the GUI-- some things require the CLI or the GUI...research a dozen or so and walk them through it-- be careful what you choose as you want to let them see more than a few basic functions of an operating system. If you choose wisely, it may serve as a stepping stone for their future exploration/education. (I.T> stuff is always an exploration)
3.Just make sure the ramifications of installing an o/s are discussed-- distribute on!
4.Make sure you show them all of the windoze interoperability tools (wine, etc.) so that when they DO load the o/s on their own systems, they do not lose interest as soon as some of my students do (a few minutes or so) and can still chat with their friends, play games, etc.
5. Inform them of the MINIMUM requirements for their o/s so that if they do not have a dedicated machine, they know that a pentium2 or amd k-6 will run most versions of lin** just fine (and nowadays can be put together for less than $150!!)...perhaps you should send them over to me for a hardware lesson!!
The children are the future....of open source as well as anything else!!
braunr@pbcc.edu
regardless, i only quoted it in response to the quote before it-- these people......number based on the order in which i joined....
another simpsons quote, so get back on topic, buddy....
you do not want to go head to head with me on simpsons lines-- im just a lazy typer
hey pal...those are 2 different episodes. i realize that i left a few words out (when you DO realize which episode i was quoting), but give me a break-- i just woke up, im in my robe, and cant even remember their address at the moment.....yes, i was at moe's late last night
Your question is asked a bit further down the path than mine, however I am in the same exact situation.
Mine not due to boredom, but a drug addicted father whose "commitment" to providing his gifted (2 states say so) son with a top rate education forced yours truly to drop out of junior college and fetch a job.
Here I am 5 years and 300 hrs of tech school later squeezed between manual labor (restaurants) and automatic (or so it seems) certification (thank you test out, transcender) a published professor at the same community college I dropped out of (no joke-- I still havent a single credit, yet I have written curriculum for 3 classes I teach-- non credit, of course) in the midst of a career knowing i could be pretty dangerous with just a few more letters after my name.
My self gratification notwithstanding, can you tell me if it is as important to you as it is to me to get a degree? (or two?) I will tell you if i am to "live up to expectations" my future depends on it.
Lets say it is as or nearly as important- Can you not free up some space here, "take the bull by the horns" and do the nike thing? Did we go to grammar school in the same country?.....no i thought it was easy to work and go to school-- ***own a business? thats what cell phones are for*** ***in class? i got some tech for ya-- VIBRATE MODE, 2 WAY TEXT MESSAGING, RELIABLE PARTNER--dont ask me which of the three are the most available or reliable-- i hate buzz words***
If it is not as important to you then rest on your laurels. Start with a class at a time and use that big noggan that helped you succeed in the first place to weigh your options. c'mon-- for an entepreneur of any magnitude that can last 3 years, weighing options is not rocket science.
(text can be such a useless medium for sarcasm)
for a straight up opinion (we know what we think of those) you will obviously be forced to adhere to an educational institution's schedule, so the best thing for your business is plan, plan, plan-- got a wife? or a brother? (seperated siamese twin would be best)...rule of thumb in business...when the wolf's away the sheep will play....i know thats what you are reeeally worried about, right?
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As a (fellow) O/S-Networking-Hardware instructor, lend me your ear: 1. I have heard (and felt) the Mandrake makes both installations and runtime easy, other than that...there is too much similarity between the distros to really have an impact 2. Inform your students that there are many things that can be done at the CLI as well as the GUI-- some things require the CLI or the GUI...research a dozen or so and walk them through it-- be careful what you choose as you want to let them see more than a few basic functions of an operating system. If you choose wisely, it may serve as a stepping stone for their future exploration/education. (I.T> stuff is always an exploration) 3.Just make sure the ramifications of installing an o/s are discussed-- distribute on! 4.Make sure you show them all of the windoze interoperability tools (wine, etc.) so that when they DO load the o/s on their own systems, they do not lose interest as soon as some of my students do (a few minutes or so) and can still chat with their friends, play games, etc. 5. Inform them of the MINIMUM requirements for their o/s so that if they do not have a dedicated machine, they know that a pentium2 or amd k-6 will run most versions of lin** just fine (and nowadays can be put together for less than $150!!)...perhaps you should send them over to me for a hardware lesson!! The children are the future....of open source as well as anything else!! braunr@pbcc.edu
regardless, i only quoted it in response to the quote before it-- these people......number based on the order in which i joined.... another simpsons quote, so get back on topic, buddy.... you do not want to go head to head with me on simpsons lines-- im just a lazy typer
hey pal...those are 2 different episodes. i realize that i left a few words out (when you DO realize which episode i was quoting), but give me a break-- i just woke up, im in my robe, and cant even remember their address at the moment.....yes, i was at moe's late last night
You are living in the world of make-beleive with faeries and leprechauns with funny little hats.......oh by the way I was being sarcastic! well duh
Your question is asked a bit further down the path than mine, however I am in the same exact situation.
.....no i thought it was easy to work and go to school-- ***own a business? thats what cell phones are for***
Mine not due to boredom, but a drug addicted father whose "commitment" to providing his gifted (2 states say so) son with a top rate education forced yours truly to drop out of junior college and fetch a job.
Here I am 5 years and 300 hrs of tech school later squeezed between manual labor (restaurants) and automatic (or so it seems) certification (thank you test out, transcender) a published professor at the same community college I dropped out of (no joke-- I still havent a single credit, yet I have written curriculum for 3 classes I teach-- non credit, of course) in the midst of a career knowing i could be pretty dangerous with just a few more letters after my name.
My self gratification notwithstanding, can you tell me if it is as important to you as it is to me to get a degree? (or two?) I will tell you if i am to "live up to expectations" my future depends on it.
Lets say it is as or nearly as important- Can you not free up some space here, "take the bull by the horns" and do the nike thing? Did we go to grammar school in the same country?
***in class? i got some tech for ya-- VIBRATE MODE, 2 WAY TEXT MESSAGING, RELIABLE PARTNER--dont ask me which of the three are the most available or reliable-- i hate buzz words***
If it is not as important to you then rest on your laurels. Start with a class at a time and use that big noggan that helped you succeed in the first place to weigh your options. c'mon-- for an entepreneur of any magnitude that can last 3 years, weighing options is not rocket science.
(text can be such a useless medium for sarcasm)
for a straight up opinion (we know what we think of those) you will obviously be forced to adhere to an educational institution's schedule, so the best thing for your business is plan, plan, plan-- got a wife? or a brother? (seperated siamese twin would be best)...rule of thumb in business...when the wolf's away the sheep will play....i know thats what you are reeeally worried about, right?
now what the hell do i do?