Week 5: Late Assignment Reminder

This is a reminder to send me an email so I can let you know what assignments you need to hand in by next week. After this, I will begin docking 10% on any work submitted a week late and will not accept work that is more than one week past due unless you have a VERY good reason.

Week 5: Presentation Slides

As promised here are the slides for all the lectures so far. I saved these as PDF files as the powerpoint files were a bit too large to put up on the web.

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5

Week 5: Command Line, Part 2

This week we will continue our exploration of the basic commands needed to work with the command line on Linux. We will look at the permissions and ownership model used on UNIX systems and learn the associated commands.

The assignment for this week will be to finish the worksheet from last week. Questions 1-9 covered commands we learned in week 4, the remainder of the worksheet will cover this weeks material.

Finally, this week we will begin working on the term project. Details can be found in the usual formats: [DOC] [PDF] [HTML]

Week 4: Command Line, Part 1

We get into the nitty gritty of the UNIX command line this week. We will go over a number of commands in the lecture and then move on to a lab involving the material from the lecture.

We will also try and get everyone caught up on the Linux installation lab.

Week 4 Assignment: [PDF] [DOC] [HTML]

Week 4: REMINDER

This is a reminder to bring your Ubuntu install disc with you to class for week 4. We will need the discs to fix the problem with the /var partition size.

Week 3: Linux GUI

This is going to be a busy week in class. We will be covering the following this evening:

• GNOME, the graphical user interface (GUI) used in Ubuntu Linux
• In class quiz covering all material presented in the first two weeks of the class
• Re-install Ubuntu to correct some configuration mistakes from our initial installation

Week 3 Assignment: [PDF] [DOC] [HTML]

Week 3: Open Source is about More than Software

It's easy when dilligently studying for a job in the IT industry to focus the vast majority of your efforts and attentions on computer software and hardware. This is certainly no less true once you've graduated and continue your personal education on the job.

This class has a focus on UNIX and Linux systems, but I also want to show that the concept of open source extends beyond computers. It can have a significant imact on every human endevor. Many people understand this, and surprisingly, Bill Gates is one of them:

Bill Gates demands open source
Has the era of open source science really begun?