Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 17:40:53 -0400 (EDT) From: ADRIAN Filipi-Martin <adrian@ubergeeks.com> To: Joey Garcia <bear@pacificnet.net> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Classroom Advertising Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980609173847.6654D-100000@lorax.ubergeeks.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19980609065539.0069a598@pacificnet.net>
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On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Joey Garcia wrote: > > I've been taking a networking class this summer, and luckily my instructor > likes Unix. She's a Unix instuctor at another school. > > After trying to sell the "Complete FreeBSD" book as the perfect book when > begining to learn Unix to a few of my classmates, I then turned to the > teacher and said that it would make a great classroom text book. I told > her that the advantages of FreeBSD being free and coming with the book > makes it a great way for students to get a hold of their own Unix operating > system to learn at home from. Also, I told her that the Complete FreeBSD > book covered just about everything needed to setup a FreeBSD box.....from > Installation, to setting up the Desktop, to setting up a network. > > Next time I think I'm gonna bring the book to class and let her check it > out for herself. Imagine a school using FreeBSD as their text book? That > would rock! Let's see if I can close the deal. :) Well, you might want to also run off a few papers or drag in a copy of "The Design and Implementation of 4.4BSD" by McKusick, et. al. I don't know the scope of you class, but it is more of an educational text. It is nice to point out that there are hundreds of great papers on the design and implmentation of the OS and that is isn't just a recent hack. Adrian -- [ adrian@ubergeeks.com -- Ubergeeks Consulting -- http://www.ubergeeks.com/ ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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