[Announcement] gentoo-class: 06/14 on command-line

Nattfodd

Hi all,

we've decided to hold a small gentoo class on IRC next Thursday, and see if it goes well and if the experiment needs to be developed. The topic is "command-line usage" and we will try to speak about the following things:

1) why use command-line
2) what is a shell? a terminal? how to choose/install/launch one
3) common commands (ls/cd/cp/mv/rm/mkdir/man/...)
4) completion
5) more advanced commands (cat/less/vim/ps/top/mount/dmesg/...)
6) piping
7) tips and tricks

This is intended as a beginner course. You will only need a working linux (not necessarily gentoo) install and an irc client. If you already know the basic use of command-line, don't expect to learn anything. We won't go into more advanced topics like shell scripting or sed usage.

The class is expected to last for one hour, and will be followed by half an hour of Q&A, and open floor after that. The channel will be mute but we will still be able to read you and will voice people who have interesting questions.

The time will be 8pm UTC (that's 4pm on the east coast, 10pm in western europe, 9pm in the UK), and the place #gentoo-class on irc.freenode.net. Everyone is welcome.
If you can't attend, the logs will be available, and hopefully also a more readable edited version.
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Phenax · l33t Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 972

Thanks man,
I've got a lot of Linux newbie friends I'd like to suggest to go there.

shprauff · n00b Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 15 Location: France

Excellent idea

I'm looking forward the next classes

GNUtoo · Veteran Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 1919

great...this should be more advertised...
mabe in the gwn...but we didn't have a gwn since a very long time...

brims · Guru Joined: 19 Apr 2004 Posts: 492 Location: Arizona

Ah ha, we're changing to Genbuntu.
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Nattfodd · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:56 am Post subject:

Nattfodd · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:00 pm Post subject:

Small heads-up, it's in a few hours only.
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Kasumi_Ninja · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:52 pm Post subject:

What a great initiative! To bad I just heard it

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P.S.
@Nattfodd How are things in Goteborg? Has been a while since I've been there

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bunder · Bodhisattva Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 5956

can you put it in video or audio form? :lol:

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Nattfodd · Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 7:00 pm Post subject:

Here comes the edited log (thanks marienz) :
http://dev.gentoo.org/~marienz/gentoo-class-2007-06-14.txt

I think we can safely say it was a success, we'll try to have new ones.
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ryker · Guru Joined: 28 May 2003 Posts: 412 Location: Portage, IN

This sucks. I check the forums all of the time and I just noticed this was here and I missed it. I hope it went well enough to have another. It would be nice to have classes for more advanced users as well. Maybe even some beginner dev classes. It might help bring some new devs our way.

This should have been posted on the front page! This is a great idea.
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Kasumi_Ninja · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:10 am Post subject:

Paapaa · l33t Joined: 14 Aug 2005 Posts: 955 Location: Finland

Yes, it went very well! The topic was for newbies but I guess we'll see more advanced lessons later on.

vonr · Guru Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 300

Let me chime in by saying 'great initiative' as well. While I haven't attended (I'm probably not the target audience anyway) I think this is a great way of introducing people to some fundamental concepts, and to Gentoo IRC as well.