Linux/Unix in the classroom

[Bill Mullen]

On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Travis Roy wrote:

> > Jerry, is there a reason why you and the other instructors 
> > couldn't use Knoppix to teach your courses? 
> 
> > One nice thing about Knoppix is that the distro has 
> > practically everything you could want on the CD. 
> 
> Learning how to install from scratch? Learning how to install software
> packages from source or from rpm/deb/tgz packages?

Yup. Included is dpkg, apt, kdevelop, gcc 2.95 *and* 3.2, and enough devel
packages to compile any apps you'd be likely to attempt in an intro class.

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