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Re: Needed: GNU/Linux intro course ideas
>I am planning to do a 3 hour demo/introduction of the Open Source
>software movement and in particular GNU/Linux to *librarians* sometime
>in April. This will be the first is a series of courses that I will
>present that will get progressively more technical.
Are these like *real* librarians with degrees in Library science? My experience
is that these tend to be very bright people.
>(I would be willing to give an abbreviated presentation sometime
>thereafter at a KLUG meeting if anyone wants it.)
> Here is my working outline. Suggestions?
> The Open Source movement
> The Philosophy
> Free: as in beer
> Free: as in speech (should ring well with librarians)
> RMS and the FSF
> ESR's Cathedral & bazaar and other writings
> Licenses - GPL Vs. M$ EULA Vs. BSD Vs. hundres of variants
>Demonstration
> System Software (the OS)
> Compare Linux to Windoze
I'd compare it with Windows 2000/NT not 9x, or else it's really apples and
oranges.
> Applications
> Server Apps
> Apache + PHP
> PostgreSQL
> DNS
> Sendmail
> Desktop Apps
> X window system (show KDE and Gnome)
> (maybe even demo X server on another machine to
> drive the cooless of it home to them)
LTSP seems like something that would be useful in a Library.
Make sure you show Helix Gnome (or Ximeon <sp> as it's now called) and not stock
Gnome. Helix Gnome is MUCH faster and more user friendly, also all the
accompanying apps are more current.
> Gimp
> Gnumeric
> Abi word
> Mozilla / netscape
> StarOffice (don't know if I have time for it)
> (Any other flashy apps to dazzle them with?
Dia, the flowcharting tool might be useful to them, don't know. Helix GNOME
comes with lots of tools that make Linux a very friendly desktop.
>Conclusion:
>How to put free software to work in libraries
You might want to check out SEUL to see if they have any "library" apps.
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