ms on the offensive again

[Joseph Kubik]

I'd be happy to help out with such a talk.
Most Windows admins are in the position of having some random
application box sitting in a corner running linux (maybe a set-top
firewall) and would love to know how to do things with it.

So, maybe add: "How to look at a system log" "Signs your linux box has
been own3d"

-Joseph-

On 5/30/05, interlug-list <interlug-vSRlqIl1h/9eoWH0uzbU5w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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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