[plug] "Kits" as a tuitional tool.

[Mark Bolton]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I have been using Linux for a cuppla months now. I was
kinda thinking about posting this as a continuation of
"Newbie Training at home" but it is not really on
topic. Building an operating Linux DT that will do
Office Internet etc is pretty straight forward, simply
follow the instructions that come with the CD. I
apreciate some people may find this challenging and
they are a different target audience.

Kits are a great concept and I learned most of my
Electronics and Aircraft Building with Kits. As a
neophyte and recreational user it is prohibitive to
scratch design and build your own electronics project
or airplane. Kits are great fast track training.

Would it be possible to apply this concept to teaching
Intermediate Linux rather than Googling and fiddling
stumblingly along. This is distinct from "How tos" as
you would be adressing a whole project in one
continous tutorial scheme. The student may fiddle with
the structure but there is a beaten path to follow. It
would be good to include a broad brush of aproaches
from comand line to yast so as the student gets the
feel for what's going on. The bashpodder "How To" on
the ubuntu website is the standard I would like to
meet or exceed but with material that is a bit richer.

Frinstance:   

This Installation has a bashPodder, bluetooth, sound
recording setup, a DOS emulator so you can use the old
school Chuck Yeager Flight Sim (a classic :-) Can
access another Computer using Wi Fi, a setup that
would suit a user that is not that interested in
networking but would like to do audio multimedia HDTV.
Those things that typicaly get done for recreational
purposes.

Level of difficulty - aproximate duration:

??

Components:

SuSe 9.2 
bashpodder
Audacity
etc etc

Hardware considerations; 

List of hardware that will work with the above.. If
you want to use some obscure hardware your'e on your
own, other wise spring for a standard card. 

Instructions;

Go through a series of steps explaining what is going
on and why. A bit like a Linux Pocket book that goes
through install and basic navigation but go further to
the implementation of a complete system. 

What I would like to do is to collaborate with someone
consdirably more knowledgable than myself. 

*Start with a wish list. 

*Figure out how best to implement the system. Help?

*Get a bare bones recipie. Help ?

*Deploy the system. 

*Fully document the project with screen shots and mp3
recordings describing step by step what to do.

As a newcomer I would point out that I have experience
in radio productions, training and am pretty
reasonable at web design.

Incidently I would be happy to make a production like
this for the use of those that find the Basic Desktop
challenging but I need a rig that I can do that on - I
am not going to do it under windows now, am I ? ;-)

Your thoughts?

Regards Mark



	
		
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