Re: Your school and Linux.
My school doesn't have much of a Linux presence. There is one course about Linux - NOS 120, "Linux/Unix Single User". "This course develops the necessary skills for students to develop both GUI and command line skills for using and customizing a Linux workstation. Topics include Linux file system and access permissions, GNOME Interface, VI editor, X Window System expression pattern matching [sic - probably something got chopped out here], I/O redirection, network and printing utilities. Upon completion, students should be able to customize and use Linux systems for command line requirements and desktop productivity roles." Unsurprisingly, it's taught by an adjunct.
Beyond that, it's mostly Windows in classrooms, labs and library, though people in Photography and Design use Macs. Once my CIS 110 (intro computer course) teacher said that Linux is for nerds, an occurrence that my Mac-fan sister frequently reminds me of.
Occasionally, I pop in my tweaked Xubuntu Live CD when I need to get some real work done on some of the worse Windows boxen.
Regards, PacSci
Windows is to Linux as a straw house is to a brick house. The bricks are harder to get started with, but they're higher quality and won't crash as easily.
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