Dear list,
> > Sorry to be a bit off-topic, but where if not at university would
> > students be able to learn about Unix? I am stunned that anybody can
> > get any serious work done in text processing *without* the multitude
> > of useful Unix commands. From a pedagogic point of view I'd say that
> > it would be the best solution to gently introduce the students to the
> > idea that there are other operating systems besides Windows, and they
> > might even be more suitable for academic work. With the free
> > availability of Linux on live-CDs there is no real excuse anymore...
>
> I totally agree with Oliver...
I have seen that the mechanical engineering department of TUM (Technische
Universität München) distributes VMWARE images which contain all the
applications which are needed in the classes.
This is an interesting way to ensure that the students will be able to use the
according engineering apps, independent of their operating systems they have
installed at home. They can simply start the - in this case - linux instance
without being required to go through the difficult process of resizing the
windows partition, creating a new partition, installing linux there and
getting a boot manager to run... :-)
Best wishes for a new year to all of you!
Markus
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