[H-GEN] re the earlier discussion on assisting beginners/migrants

[Peter Robinson]

Russell Stuart wrote:
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> On Sun, 2009-02-08 at 17:06 +1000, Arjen Lentz wrote:
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>> This is what LUV in Melbourne is starting to do:
>>   http://www.baum.com.au/~jiri/ae/blog/01234075257
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> Good find, Arjen.
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> With luck, we will find ourselves looking for solutions to 
> the same problem.
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A beginners guide to Linux (including installation) might be worth 
running in  week 2 or 3 into semester - say the week of the 9th or 16th 
might be good.

I use Ubuntu in my lectures and over the last couple of semesters I have 
been getting several queries from students who were thinking of 
installing a Linux distro. I would be happy to advertise such an event 
in the first week of lectures.

This might be a good "hook" for advertising Humbug to interested first 
year students.

Peter