> By the way, I really hope that someone from T.A. area will start a series
> also, and even Jerusalem... I'm willing to come and give lectures about
> topics I know (especially in exchange to a modem configuration lecture...
> noticed how much we really need that?).
As it happens... some discussion has been happening on the Jerusalem list to
address this need (for intro lectures or meetings for people). As a result
we have found space + computers (10+, I believe) for an Intro to Linux study
group (free and open, of course). Educom (a new English school in
Jerusalem) has been gracious enough to allow us to use their space and
computers once a week.
However, before this can happen we need to find all the material needed to
carry out such an event. Unlike what is happening in Haifa (which, btw,
sounds very cool) this will be a STUDY GROUP. Which means you have to go
home and STUDY :) There might be lecture's here and there but the majority
of learning and study will be done by the participants themselves.
How it would work (suggestions?):
All the participants in the group would be required to go home and read the
material for that week (which would cover one of the objective's provided by
the www.lpi.org institute: http://www.lpi.org/p-obj-101.html). At the same
time they would each be given a section to focus on and to show to the rest
of the group the next week. Any questions which anyone had would be given
to certain participants to go and try to find answers to for the next weekly
meeting and those which couldn't be answered would, ideally, be answered by
an on-hand Linux Guru.
The requirements for the participants would be English reading skills (as
most, if not all, of the material will be from the internet), someone who
can RTFM (knows how to study and learn somewhat on their own), has no
problems with having Linux installed on their computer at home (from which
to try things out) and has a Internet connection (to access all the
material).
LPI (www.lpi.org) provides a good base of objectives that should be learned
to go from beginner to a reasonable Linux Admin. However, the material for
learning fulfilling the objectives need to be found.
I am looking for 4 or 5 people who are willing to help me with this task.
That is, going over the list of objectives and finding resources for
learning a few of them. If you are interested please email me and join the
Jerusalug mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). I will post the objective's
to that list for discussion later in the week. Or you can check them out
by going to the LPI website.
It would also be nice to have 1 or 2 Linux Guru's that could commit to being
at the meetings to answer the difficult questions. Though, this is not
essential for the group to go on. What is essential, however, is that the
material for the objectives be found on the internet. So, unless I have
people to help me with that... it could be another 8 months before this
thing gets off the ground.
Note: Educom has no say in anything other than the day we want to schedule
the meeting (to be sure they have the space).
Also, you might notice that LPI and the objectives they provide are for
their certification. LPI started from a public mailing list (as it remains,
for the most part). It is important to note that the certification is NOT
the goal. It so happens that the objectives provide a good point to start
from and for many, certifications can be good motivation tools.
--
Nathan Fain - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
IS Manager - http://www.guru.net
"Nice, isn't it, when your guru takes you to the
mountaintop, rather than making you climb?"
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