SILS iSchool

09 January 2020

preps | intro | clients | open source



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Class Schedule

Basics | sessions 01-03
  1. 09 Jan intro and clients | lecture | labs
  2. 16 Jan servers and command line | lecture | labs
  3. 23 Jan networks and protocols | lecture | labs
Web Development | sessions 04-07

  1. 30 Jan structural layer | lecture | labs
  2. 06 Feb presentational layer | lecture | labs
  3. 13 Feb using a structure | lecture | labs
  4. 20 Feb behavioral layer | lecture | labs
Document Markup | sessions 08-09
  1. 27 Feb control objects and display | lecture | labs
  2. 05 Mar tools that read markup | lecture | labs
Working with Data | sessions 10-13
  1.  26 Mar  formulas, functions, vectors | lecture | labs
  2.  02 Apr  data display | lecture | labs
  3.  09 Apr  manipulate data sets | lecture | labs
  4.  16 Apr  relational data bases | | labs
Presentation | session 14
  1.  23 Apr  designing and delivering a presentation | lecture | labs


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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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Linux resources

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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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09 January Lecture | preps | intro | clients | open source