On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 00:38:07 +0100 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Show me some good newbie intros to GNU/Linux > > 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
Try this: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-faq/ Paul Scott
