[ILUG] [OT] general thoughts on another free Linux Internet service?

[Kev]

I did 2 years in IT Tallaght, when I got there they were in the process of
removing the last of the unix content from the course ... though the head
of computing has expressed some kind of an interest in Linux now ...

I know in ICT in trinity, the current 2nd years have shell accounts on a
Linux server (Debian, I think), though the year that went before them
didn't.

I don't know about other colleges, or whether or not there's any decent
Linux certification out there (is it necessary/desirable at all ?). 

On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Owen J Connolly wrote:

> Kev, you're not the first one I've heard this from.... Is it just me or
> are the new techies not learning Unix anymore???  Or is it just that
> they're all doing these fast-track MCSE courses???  
> 
> Paul, I've been a professional techie for 8 years and tomorrow I'm
> picking up the first computer I've ever bought for myself!!! ;-)
> 
> The other thing is that, If I was a nervous non-techie with a home PC,
> the last thing I'd want to be trying is to install Linux, especially in
> the good old days before the nice auto-installers!!!
> 
> cheers,
> 
> 
> ojc
> 
> 
> Kev wrote:
> > 
> > I dunno ... I could be reading about linux as part of some loony fringe
> > of computing if I hadn't been offered access to a shell account on a
> > server only 2-ish years ago. Linux just aint exposed to folk in the same
> > way as the microsoft way.
> > 
> > On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Paul Jakma wrote:
> > 
> > > On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Owen J Connolly wrote:
> > >
> > > > On this general topic.... I always thought it would be cool to set
> > up a
> > > > Linux server for people who want to learn, with ssh accounts...
> > That
> > > > way it's not as likely to be a target for our hacking friends....
> > > >
> > >
> > > 't would be very cool indeed, but if you have to pay for the bandwidth
> > > it's probably not worth it. Everyone has PC's at home with which they
> > > can experiment far more on than with a machine on the net that they
> > have
> > > to share with others.
> > >
> > > -paul..
> > >
> > >
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