Kicked my course off today - grep101.com - with lessons starting Monday. I think I've got the pricing right to attract a good class of keen learners for this first run through...
Show HN: Linux sysadmin skills for anyone - a new online course
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Re: Show HN: Linux sysadmin skills for anyone - a new online course
#2Cool idea, good luck
Re: Show HN: Linux sysadmin skills for anyone - a new online course
#3http://grep101.com for lazy (or mobile) people
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#4http://grep101.com for lazy (or mobile) people
Thanks!
Re: Show HN: Linux sysadmin skills for anyone - a new online course
#5As a web person looking to get "closer to the metal", this is the kind of course I'm looking for.
I also like the idea of daily bite-sized tasks assigned via email and the private mailing list for users sounds nice.
In addition to these, will there be any other feedback mechanisms in the course?
Re: Show HN: Linux sysadmin skills for anyone - a new online course
#6Cool idea, good luck
Yes, if you check out http://grep101.blogspot.com/ you'll see that its very much pared down from some of the wild ideas I had!
Re: Show HN: Linux sysadmin skills for anyone - a new online course
#7As a web person looking to get "closer to the metal", this is the kind of course I'm looking for. I also like the idea of daily bite-sized tasks assigned via email and the private mailing list for users sounds nice. In addition to these, will there be any other feedback mechanisms in the course?
No, each day's task will have you leave evidence that you've completed it (a directory created, application installed, etc) so that "we" can judge progress.
The "daily tasks have some general tips and a series of link to online resources that should make them easy to complete.
Re: Show HN: Linux sysadmin skills for anyone - a new online course
#8Great idea, and interesting model for a course. This is really an ability that many good developers lack. The downside on your marketing approach for me is having to pay $20 for something without having any idea about how the classes are. A cool model is letting the first user try one class first, before signing up :)
Besides that, as I said, its a very cool idea, and I wish you good luck with your project!
Re: Show HN: Linux sysadmin skills for anyone - a new online course
#9I'm currently between two jobs and have a lot of free time. While not really in need for that sort of courses, I might consider giving it a try but I'm unable to find any information on the stuff taught.
What are the highlights?
Re: Show HN: Linux sysadmin skills for anyone - a new online course
#10Great idea, and interesting model for a course. This is really an ability that many good developers lack. The downside on your marketing approach for me is having to pay $20 for something without having any idea about how the classes are. A cool model is letting the first user try one class first, before signing up :) Besides that, as I said, its a very cool idea, and I wish you good luck with your project!
Yes, I see that, but these daily "bites' really are just that. For example, the first simply gets you pointed toward PuTTY, provides some reading on SSH, and asks to to logon and use passwd to change your password.
And yes, there will be monitoring and chasing up of anyone who isn't doing their tasks :-)
(the original concept was to report on you to your SO!)