SILS iSchool

27 AUG 2018

Value Added | daily

Class Schedule

Basics | sessions 01-05

22 AUG | intro

27 AUG | clients | Open Source | VPN | file transfer | SFTP | GitHub | next session

29 AUG | servers
05 Sep | networks
10 Sep | basics lab

Web Development | sessions 06-11

12 Sep | structural layer
17 Sep | presentational layer
19 Sep | working with layers
24 Sep | behavior layer
26 Sep | images & design
01 Oct | website lab

Document Markup | sessions 12-14

03 Oct | object layers
08 Oct | tools that read markup
10 Oct | document markup lab

Spreadsheets | sessions 15-19

15 Oct | spreadsheets
17 Oct | formulas & functions
22 Oct | data display
 18 Oct | Fall Break 
24 Oct | database tools
29 Oct | spreadsheets lab

Relational Database | sessions 20-26

31 Oct | relational databases
05 Nov | tables
07 Nov | relationships
12 Nov | input & output
14 Nov | SQL
19 Nov | complex queries
26 Nov | databases lab
 21 Nov | Thanksgiving 

Presentation | sessions 27-30

28 Nov | presentation design
03 Dec | presentation delivery
05 Dec | presentation lab
12 Dec | 0800-1100 | final in class presentation





But first, let's consider the entire concept of Open Source, as Open Source software may be encountered both as clients and as the servers that clients connect to.

But first, what is "Open Source", the software & the movement?

What is Linux? and why is it so popular?

However, when you hear that Linux is "free", consider the cost of your time.
Linux is not always perfect.

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What does Linux mean to its advocates:

it's yours to build and it's yours to customize.

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What can Linux do now?

screenshot of Ubuntu on an HP Mini netbook

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Other thoughts on Open Source

The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond in First Monday, March 1998.
Not required, but well worth your time. If you want to read only part of it, read Necessary Preconditions for the Bazaar Style and The Social Context of Open-Source Software.

Not everyone agrees with Raymond, however. You might take a glance at A Second Look at The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Nikolai Bezroukov in First Monday, December 1999. Also not required, but if you are interested in the Open-Source issue, you might want to learn about all sides of the issue.

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If open source or Linux appeals to you

Find your way to Manning 213 and introduce yourself to the cast of characters there.

Take a look at this Linux tutorial and see if it makes you "an expert in 10 lessons".

But be aware ...

Dilbert strip from 27 Jan 2007 spoofing Linux fans

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