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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