RE: [SLUG] Unix/Linux intro

2001-02-26 Thread David Kempe
hi all, I've been asked to do an intro to unix talk at uni, for the computationaly challenged (read windows users). I was wondering if anybody could make some suggestions about things i should cover. I'm putting it together at the moment, so i'm just making sure i haven;t missed

Re: [SLUG] Unix/Linux intro

2001-02-26 Thread Matthew Dalton
David Kempe wrote: I dunno what you have already, but I would suggest things like "the unix way" of doing things, the different file systems and the ideas behind it. If they are windows users you can relate it to their existing knowledge. Compare the registry and the config file idea. This

Re: [SLUG] Unix/Linux intro

2001-02-26 Thread Terry Collins
Jason Rennie wrote: hi all, I've been asked to do an intro to unix talk at uni, for the computationaly challenged (read windows users). It really depends on your audience Stuff likes trees might be essential for the point and click gifted. Some batch processing examples are always good

Re: [SLUG] Unix/Linux intro

2001-02-26 Thread Tony Green
* Jason Rennie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: hi all, I've been asked to do an intro to unix talk at uni, for the computationaly challenged (read windows users). I was wondering if anybody could make some suggestions about things i should cover. I'm putting it together at the moment, so

Re: [SLUG] Unix/Linux intro

2001-02-26 Thread Craige McWhirter
In Tonys' vein: Virus Issues / Multi-user and the "root" user concept. On 27 Feb 2001 13:00:45 +1100, Tony Green wrote: I would suggest taking topics that users will be interested in and already know how to do on WinXX. Things such as MP3's, getting onto the 'net, maybe a firewall demo.