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INTRODUCTION TO LINUX COURSE MOOC
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CloseGentlemen, the linux foundation and edx (a non profit site governed by harvard and MIT) will be offering "introduction to linux course" , for free this summer.
Is a nice chance to get into linux if you are interested. It's 40-60 hour long and you may take tests and stuff if you want a certificate.
course webpage
more info:
english link with more info
pagina en español con mas información
Is a nice chance to get into linux if you are interested. It's 40-60 hour long and you may take tests and stuff if you want a certificate.
course webpage
more info:
english link with more info
pagina en español con mas información
I just heard about this via my LinkedIn news email. This course is typically $2400 so if you ever wanted to learn Linux, sign up for this course. There *may* be fees to get a validated certificate for this course, but you can 'audit' it for free, which means you get all of the course materials and instruction. Which is the important part.
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IMHO GNU/Linux is easier to use than Windows. Just use it and read the documentation and will see why. Windows documentation for specific tech tasks is very brief.
author=fdelapena
IMHO GNU/Linux is easier to use than Windows. Just use it and read the documentation and will see why. Windows documentation for specific tech tasks is very brief.
Exactly. Also Linux is more stable, has virtually no viruses (and those that exist can't replicate on their own, you must be stupid enough to install it yourself), but you probably already know that.
Unfortunately I need to use C®a$hdows™ because people at Unity Technologies and Emptybrain are bunch of assholes and don't want to port their editors to Linux (and in case of RM, engine itself). Yes, RM sorta works on wine (though only version that really work is 2k/2k3, maybe 95), and Unity editor sorta works on it too (by sorta, I mean the most useful feature, the Asset Store ISN'T WORKING WHATSOEVER).
So unfortunately I can't use best OS in existence because of some corporate nutjobs.
author=fdelapena
IMHO GNU/Linux is easier to use than Windows. Just use it and read the documentation and will see why. Windows documentation for specific tech tasks is very brief.
The exact opposite has been true in my experience. Documentation for Linux is sparse, ancient, difficult to find, and frequently inaccurate. The Windows documentation (any Microsoft documentation, really) is in-depth, detailed, and extremely easy to work with.
Also, having worked extensively with just about every OS variant under the sun, no, Linux is not easier to use than Windows, nor is it more stable. Installing Windows has never permanently ruined any of my hardware before.
author=Sailerius
Installing untested and unstable kernel, weird, third-party drivers written by 10 years old or compiling one from git repo has always permanently ruined any of my hardware before.
FTFY.
Also somebody hates penguins and obviously chosen some overly complicated distro like gentoo or arch for their first Linux. Dude, get Mandriva, openSuSE or Ubuntu.
I've used SuSE, CentOS, Ubuntu and RedHat (and a couple others... there are so many). Linux is not easier to use than Windows, except when it comes to command line interface, then Linux has an edge there.
I think someone is letting their personal bias for penguins cloud their judgment on the relative ease of use of OSes.
@Sailerius: you forgot to mention that the documentation is often conflicting (and rarely identifies which version of the software to which the documentation applies).
I think someone is letting their personal bias for penguins cloud their judgment on the relative ease of use of OSes.
@Sailerius: you forgot to mention that the documentation is often conflicting (and rarely identifies which version of the software to which the documentation applies).
author=Raveauthor=SaileriusFTFY.
Installing untested and unstable kernel, weird, third-party drivers written by 10 years old or compiling one from git repo has always permanently ruined any of my hardware before.
Also somebody hates penguins and obviously chosen some overly complicated distro like gentoo or arch for their first Linux. Dude, get Mandriva, openSuSE or Ubuntu.
Ubuntu is untested and unstable? Well, it wouldn't surprise me.
Sailerius: you forgot to mention that the documentation is often conflicting (and rarely identifies which version of the software to which the documentation applies).
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I remember trying to install a wifi card driver for my mother's laptop on Ubuntu (which just worked on Windows) and the steps in the documentation, when followed, ruined the bootloader. When I went into the IRC to get help, I got bitched out for not knowing that the documentation was out of date and to check some obscure forum post for errata that would have solved my problem.
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