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		    Topics for IAP Course In Linux
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# Revision 1.2  1995/01/08  16:09:26  ghudson
# Moved some stuff out of Day 4 (configuration files can take lots of
# time) corrected a typo.
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# Revision 1.1  1994/10/22  21:45:19  nygren
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The order of these is very preliminary as I wanted to first get ideas
down and then arrange them better.  There's a lot I've left out and
there's probably too much already to fit into the available time.

Day 1 - The Advocacy
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	* What is Linux?
	* Why should I run Linux?
	* Demos of Linux-Athena apps, general Linux, commercial sw like
	  Maple and Xess if available, Linux Doom, other apps
	* Discussion of basic issues
		- What is a "distribution"
		- System requirements
	* Answer general questions

Day 2 - Initial Installation
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	* Making boot disks
	* Partitioning hard disk (and discussion of hd partitions)
	* Installation of Slackware (both off net and off of floppies)
	* Network configuration
	* X Windows configuration (maybe on day 3?)

Day 3 - More installation
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	* Filesystem layout (maybe on day 2 or day 4?)
	* Installation of Linux-Athena
	* Installation of Linux-AFS
	* Using Linux-Athena
	* Security on resnet (kerberos, telnet -safe, etc)

Day 4 - What are all those files in /etc anyways?
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	* Building a kernel
	* Using LILO
	* Overview of various config files in /etc and elsewhere
	  (inittab, rc.*, fstab, inetd.conf, csh.*, profile, hosts,
	   resolv.conf, passwd, services, syslog.conf, etc)
	* Apps available in AFS and on the net (octave, Maple,
	  gnuplot, xpaint, Xess, etc)
	
Day 5 - Everything else
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	* Configuring printers
	* Configuring sendmail   :-)
	* More network configuration
		- named
		- ppp (Bluebox)
	* Serving ftp
	* Serving http
	* Linux Doom (of course.... :-)


