On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 15:04, you wrote: > I hope nobody minds me posting this to the list, but I know there are > several people here who are interested in this. > > It seems that there is probably enough interest in this course to go ahead. > What we need to do now is schedule a time for the course that suits > everyone. I have started a thread on the OSTC forums at > http://www.ostc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30. Anyone interested in > attending should post a reply to the forum to let me know what times suit > them. I am also happy for people to contact me offlist as well. > > Once we have a schedule, and if we still have at least 6 people attending, > then I can go ahead and order the courseware. We will have to allow a > couple of weeks for delivery, but then we are good to go. > > Please be aware that this is a 'trial' course. The trial is being run to > find out: > > * If the teacher can effectively teach all of the curriculum As I have been "at" the unix bit since 1988 and Linux since 1996 I think I can. The detailed objectives or curriculum is here:- http://www.lpi.org/en/obj_101.html
> * If the courseware is good enough We will be using the O'Reilly "LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell" Go to http://www.amazon.com/ and put the quoted phrase above into their search engine. Note that the book has several chapters about level 102, we won't be covering that material. Only the 101 objectives as described in the url above will be covered in this course of 8 lessons. We also have copies of the RUTE book by Peter Scheer available for you to refer to, both as files and hard copy. > * How many sessions are required to complete the course. This is something we really want to know. I have taken an intellegent ( ? ) guess and reckon that provided the students are not completely frightened out of their dear little wits by having to type a command or two that eight lessons are sufficient. However we are prepared to extend the course to 10 lessons, but no more than that, should it be necessary. > * If the computers are up to the task They are PII / 300s which is more than sufficient to learn how to use the command line tools and to install X-11. > * See what the pass rate is for people who sit the exam. It's going to 100%! I'll learn 'em :-) > The cost of the Trial course will be $350. This price includes all the > courseware. > > Also note that there are some prerequisites > > The students will need a good knowledge of computer hardware, We will be telling you a thing or two about serial lines, modems, parallel printer ports and the differences between IDE and SCSI disc drives. > and be comfortable using the command line. We will be teaching you the short-cuts available in the bash command line editor. > Most of the course is done from the command line. That means everything except setting up the X-11 window server and checking that is configured correctly. See the part called Topic 110: The X Window System, in the url http://www.lpi.org/en/obj_101.html . There are 3 sections called "1.110.1 Install & Configure XFree86" & "1.110.2 Setup a display manager", "1.110.4 Setup a window manager" Notice that the coverage of the X-11 Windowing system will be pretty superficial. Literally libraries of books have been about X-11 and how to set it up. > Students should also be prepared to put in some extra time outside the > course times to make sure they understand everything that is taught. This is essential, you will be given prep reading for the next lesson. > This course is NOT designed for people who want to learn how to use their > home PC. It is designed for people who will be doing system administration > in a business environment. By which David means that we will not be teaching you how to use GUI oriented applications such as OpenOffice or the GIMP etc. etc. Note also that the fee of $350 ( an absolute steal ) does not include the fee to the LPI for taking the exam. That is $us100. -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
