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On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 08:21, Peter wrote:
> On Mon, 30 May 2005, Christopher Browne wrote:
> 
> > Future/Proposed Topics:
> > Linux Eye for the Windows Guy: A Linux Primer for the Windows Admin
> 
> Teacher: - And now please type in this short 20-line script, Students: 
> ... 10 of 20 faint or pretend to, 7 of the the remaining are looking out 
> the window with rapt interest. Two play solitaire and did not hear. The 
> secretary student rapidly types the 20 lines and makes exactly one typo, 
> leaving a space before the '*' in the line rm -f $TEMP. * (and does not 
> attempt to correct it since it looks much better with a space in 
> between).

That seems reasonable.  So how would you structure a presentation that
is interesting and informative, that provides a "A Linux Primer for the
Windows Admin" as they requested, and as a suggestion that presents the
information without making value judgements of Linux vs. Windows? 
Transcribing a shell script or viewing page after page of source code
seems like the worst part of high school, rather than an entertaining
introduction to a strange OS.  

Could this work?  Modify or add topics for presentation.

Linux Eye for the Win-guy: A Linux primer for Windows admins.

Summary: This two-hour presentation introduces a few important Linux
concepts to computer administrators who are unfamiliar with Linux

Format:  The presenter will speak with the aide of presentation slides
and will respond to on-topic questions as time permits.  

Outline: 
0) Introduce presenter and presentation (5 min)  5
1) What is Linux?  History, licensing and Dramatis Personae (10 min)  15
2) Where is Linux?  Linux that many people use without thinking about
it.  Places where you already touch Linux devices.  (10 min)  25
3) What is a distribution?  Some distributions have different intended
audiences and uses.  (10 min)  35
4) What happened to C:>?  Introduction to the file system tree and
mounting / unmounting.  (25 min)  60
5) Who is Admin?:  Users, Groups and Permissions.  Principle of least
privilege.  (10 min)  70
6) Where is the GUI?:  Demonstrate a couple of admin tools from the
command line and from their GUI front end.  (apt-get / synaptic,
others?)  (10 min)  80  
7) But what about fancy stuff?  Quick list and description of big admin
tools and concepts.  NFS, LTSP, LDAP, ssh, etc.  (10 min)  90
8) Where do I find out more?  List resources and links, point to
presentation on web site, list local LUGs and web sites.  (5 min)  95
9) Q & A (25 min)  120

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