DATC: Intro to GNU/Linux Course Posted Online | Linux Today

DATC: Intro to GNU/Linux Course Posted Online

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 3, 2000

[ Thanks to TJ
Miller jr
for this announcement. ]

The course packet, which can be used as either a
self-study/self-paced guide, or as an instructor packet, can be
found and downloaded at the DATC website’s
just-opened Linux section.

Help Wanted: any and all help is greatly
appreciated in helping to convert this packet into additional
formats, and to report any technical errors/corrections as
needed.

Suggestions for additions and improvements are always
welcome.

So far, I have approximately 12 students in various stages of
the course here, using the same packet, and I am updating and
making any needed corrections as I go along.

All textbooks mentioned are available from Barnes and Noble, and the main textbook,
Running Linux, is available directly from O’Reilly Press.

I apologize for not getting to everyone sooner, but I will
certainly be on hand to take in comments, suggestions, corrections,
and especially improvements. While this course is far from
perfect, I can say that it will satisfy the proficiencies required
of a basic Linux user, and I hope it serves as a solid beginning
from which to build a world-wide public Linux curriculum.

Finally, I am currently working on two additional courses,
slated for release and testing in July: One will involve Star
Office (since we already have a course in MS Office, its only fair
🙂 The second will tackle systems administration.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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