[CS-FSLUG] Linux classes and website

Tue Sep 28 16:58:59 CDT 2004

There is a proejct in the works using Moodle, which might be of
interest to this group.  I could put y'all in contact with the guys
behind it.  I sort of felt pressured a bit, but I do like their idea. 
Their goal is to setup a service, say for denominations, to allow
their churches to connect to their distance-learning tool (via
Moodle).  Naturally, theirs is more of a commercial project.

Incidentally, since Moodle is an educational portal, you guys might
prefer it.  It's GPL'ed, and pretty sharp.  Hope this is helpful.

Don

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:42:41 -0500, Josiah Ritchie <jritchie at bible.edu> wrote:
> Sounds cool to me. I'm not familiar with the Book module of Drupal, but
> sounds like it would work. Drupal is a very flexible tool.
> 
> JSR/
> 
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:06:56 -0500
> "Doug Coats" <dcoats at heritagemail.org> wrote:
> 
> > I was thinking of using the Book module of Drupal this would give keep
> 
> 
> > the relationships between the topics cleanly but would also add the
> > ability to add threaded comments to the end of the article.
> >
> > When we run our second series of classes I think that we will break them
> > up into the following sections:
> >
> >       Series I
> >       Desktop Client Classes
> > Introduction and Installation
> > Configuration and Management
> > Application Survey
> > Open Office
> >
> >               Series II
> > (Prerequisite - Series I classes)
> >       Administration Server Classes
> > Networking Setup
> > Networking Firewall
> > File Server(Samba) Installation
> > Samba Configuration
> > Sendmail Configuration
> > Dovecot Configuration
> > Apache Installation
> > Web Applications
> >
> > Keep in mind that the things I am teaching are the things that I have
> > used and that have worked for us.  There are other products that may work
> > just as well or better - I don't deny that.  That is where the community
> > aspect of this project comes into play.
> >
> > I will write what I know about Sendmail - You write what you know about
> > Postfix and we both learn something.
> >
> > Obviously the list could grow and become far more specialized which would
> > be great as long as the novice user can read the material, follow the
> > instructions, and enjoy the results.
> >
> > Doug Coats
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Christiansource-bounces at ofb.biz
> > [mailto:Christiansource-bounces at ofb.biz]On Behalf Of Josiah Ritchie
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 7:37 AM
> > To: A Christian virtual Free Software and Linux Users Group.
> > Subject: Re: [CS-FSLUG] Linux classes and website
> >
> >
> > I think I'd enjoy taking your materials and modifying them to work with
> > Gentoo or pointing to links to pre-written docs. I might even learn
> > something along the way. :-)
> >
> > BTW, I've found Mambo to be a rather impressive CMS lately. A wiki
> > solution might be more appropriate though from what I understand of the
> > purpose you present. PHPWiki is pretty popular these days.
> >
> > I personally shudder at the thought of a full FC2 distro just to run DHCP
> > and DNS or Samba, Apache and Sendmail.
> >
> > If you need LTSP info, I already co-wrote a doc at the Gentoo site that
> > might get you started.
> >
> > JSR/
> >
> > On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:14:42 -0500
> > "Doug Coats" <dcoats at heritagemail.org> wrote:
> >
> > > I would like to throw out an idea to you guys and gals and see who is
> > > interested.
> > >
> > > I got started in Linux 4 years ago through a friend of our school who
> > > wanted to show us how to use the power of Linux to get us the same
> > > tools that the large corporations use at the low cost of my learning
> > > how to use it.  So far it has gone very well!  After the 3rd year I
> > > even started to realize that I knew most of what I was doing.
> > >
> > > About this time last year I sent a message off to the group about
> > > starting some Linux classes and asked for suggestions about what you
> > > thought would be good to include and how I should proceed.  (Thank you
> > > for all of you who played along)
> > >
> > > This summer we taught 6 classes all about 4 hours long that covered
> > > installation, configuration, networking, Samba, Apache, & Sendmail.
> > > Basically I wanted a class that I wished I had 4 years ago when I first
> > > go started.  Our drive is to help other nonprofits benefit from Linux
> > > and our experience.  Overall I would rate them as a success for getting
> > > our feet wet.  In the future I think we will spread them out and have
> > > two different sections (one for the curious and one for the
> > > administrator).
> > >
> > > So here is my thought:
> > >
> > > We could start a website that mirrored the classes that we teach with
> > > the lessons so that the students could visit and revisit the concepts
> > > and configurations as needed.
> > >
> > > Here is where some of you might come in:
> > >
> > > I have only worked with RedHat and Fedora (Simply because that is what
> > > I know and I have no time to "play" with anything else.  If any of you
> > > are interested you could write the same class material (covering the
> > > same subjects) for other distributions where they differed from how FC
> > > does it.
> > >
> > > That way if a person wanted to learn to setup a network using DHCP they
> > > would follow the appropriate links and then choose a distribution.
> > >
> > > We could all share our knowledge and experiences and learn new things
> > > in the process.
> > >
> > > I figure we could use something like Drupal as our CMS and even give
> > > whoever uses the site the ability to comment and add content if we
> > > wanted to.
> > >
> > > What do you think?  Anyone interested?
> > >
> > > Doug Coats
> > >
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