ms on the offensive again

[Peter]

On Mon, 30 May 2005, interlug-list 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.

I would schedule it immediately after a major virus outbreak, 
preferrably within the organisation. One that had their IT guys crawling 
all over the staff and irrate clients on the phone for minimum half a 
day. I would start it with a fresh 'install' of Knoppix done in front of 
the class (after ostensibly removing the hard disk and putting it on the 
table), open OpenOffice, browse a little, and play some music. That, and 
a gift cd copy of the one used for the initial presentation, will get 
their attention. After that, I would go down to teaching them the gui 
tricks (middle mouse button etc), basic window manipulation, basic 
command line editing, and where to find applications and help files, and 
startup and shutdown.

The *second* lesson would go into what you proposed and make a basic 
iptables introduction mandatory.

Peter
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