Linux-centric curricula in New England?

[Gina L Desmarais]

UNH CS is still linux-based. They run
linux servers and desktop systems.  There is
a new windows-based IT program but the CS
major is still linux-based.

On 01/10/2013 09:24 AM, Susan Cragin wrote:
> UNH also used to have a good intro class for emacs and org. I don't know if they still have it, but some of the sessions are available on youtube. I'm sorry I've forgotten the name of the professor.
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> I did a word search in the course catalogue for linux and found only this.
> CS 721 - Operating System Kernel Design
> Credits: 4.00
> Design and implementation of an operating system kernel, using LINUX as an example. Detailed discussion of the data structures and algorithms used in the kernel to handle interrupts, schedule processes, manage memory, access files, deal with network protocols, and perform device-level I/O. Course is project-oriented, and requires the student to make modifications and additions to the LINUX kernel. Prereq: CS 720 or permission.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Minuti
> Sent: Jan 10, 2013 8:16 AM
> To: gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org
> Subject: Re: Linux-centric curricula in New England?
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> I believe UNH's CS department was quite linux-centric. The first programming course for engineers was C++ using GCC and VI, and required ssh'ing into a server to submit work. That's about all I can speak to, though.
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> That said, I think they've switched over to Java for a lot of the beginning stuff a few years back, so none of what I said might be true anymore.
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> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Robert Casey <beecee808 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I graduated with a CS degree from UMass Lowell in 2004 and, at the time, the default development platform was a Linux server. The entry level coursework included introductions to basics Unix development tools (shell commands, emacs, gcc, gdb, make, etc). I wouldn't go so far as saying Linux/FOSS was being pushed, but it was certainly not a MS centric environment. I can only remember a handful of CS courses where a Windows box was considered preferable (Java courses come to mind).
> Of course a lot has changed at UML since then so it may be different today.
> -Bobby
>
> On Jan 9, 2013 2:57 PM, "Michael ODonnell" <michael.odonnell at comcast.net> wrote:
> Are there schools in New England that grant undergrad technical degrees (IT or CS) where the courses and professors emphasize Linux and FOSS rather than being thinly disguised proxies for Micro$oft's marketing dept?
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