On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 08:11:33AM +1000, Alan Davis wrote: > I have a four machine GNU/Linux (Debian) net in my classroom, for student > use. Many students have gotten to know the basics---which consists of how to > start up Galeon or Netscape, even how to log on as "students". (I set up one > account, so far, for most students, and leave the machine logged on to that > account. Comments?)
You might be interested in Linux Terminal Server Project. www.ltsp.org > This is a demonstration/proof of concept project. This is a Biology class; I > don't have the free reign to spend two weeks on computer basics. I have the > students read Sterling's Brief History of the Internet, give them a few > pointers of web searching, show them galeon, and let them search. Some > students do quite well. > But I CANNOT FIND any single good introduction to GNU/Linux that is geared to > this leverl. Here is a typical opening paragraph: > > Linux is a POSIX compliant, UNIX-like operating system, with a kernel > written by a Finnish graduate student, and etc., etc., etc. > > Con someone point me to some documents that actually attempt to explain what > the differences are, from Windoze and the Mac (the two computers with which > students are obviously acquainted)? "What the differences are", is, from the students perspective, largely dependant on what programs/window managers/desktop-environments they use. I find the KDE documentation pretty basic, e.g. http://www.kde.org/documentation/userguide/desktop-components.html. A quick glance at the gnome quickstart also gave a good impression: http://www.labs.redhat.com/gug/users-guide/quickstart.html Some other links you might want to check out: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO-7.html http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XWindow-User-HOWTO-3.html If you decide to write your own documentation, please let us know.
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