1 Orientation Week Activities – September 6-9 2016Index

Welcome to CST8207 GNU/Linux Operating Systems I. You can find out more about your Instructor through links on the Course Home Page.

To avoid falling behind in the course, many of the listed activities here must be completed before you attend your first CST8207 lecture or laboratory class this week.

Tuesday September 6 is a College-wide Orientation Day. Regular classes are replaced with orientation activities and help clinics.

Regular classes resume on Wednesday, September 7. Check your timetable for class start times and locations.

2 Class Notes this weekIndex

1. Week 01 Notes HTML – this file – Read All The Words
2. The roles of professor and student in modern education
3. Learning the Syadmin Trade
4. Why Learn the Unix/Linux Command Line and Shells
5. Course Home Page – this EXTERNAL Home Page is Internet-accessible.
6. Course Outline – overview of the entire course.
7. Test Instructions – Read this (all the words) before your first midterm test.
8. Introduction to the Course, Outline, Timetable, Marks
9. Remote Login – using networks to connect to other computers
10. Course Linux Server – a Linux computer accessible on the network by Remote Login
11. File Transfer – File transfer to/from Unix/Linux machines
12. List of Commands You Should Know
13. Linux and Sysadmin News in the World
14. How Linux is Built (video)

3 Assignments this weekIndex

Check the due date for each assignment and put a reminder in your agenda, calendar, and digital assistant.

• Read All The Words, Do, and then Submit via Blackboard:
  • Assignment #01 HTML – Multi-tasking and Schoolwork
  • Really do Read All The Words. You don’t get a second chance to get it right.

What Windows and Macintosh programs can create a Plain Text file, needed for Assignment #01 HTML?

• Microsoft Windows uses versions of Notepad.
• Mac OSX TextEdit needs to save as Plain Text, not Rich Text:
  1. Open TextEdit
  2. In the menu bar (located at top left side), click “TextEdit”
  3. Click “Preferences”
  4. In the “New Document” tab, under the heading “Format”, select radio button for “Plain Text” (As opposed to “Rich Text”)

4 Lab work this weekIndex

Students may attend any of the eight CST8207 lab sections if there is space. If you miss your scheduled lab period, come to one of the other ones. See the timetable here and on the Course Home Page:

• Ian Allen CST8207 16F Timetable
• Wenjuan Jiang CST8207 16F Timetable

Your course work for most of the term will be done by Remote Login to a Course Linux Server (CLS) machine using your Algonquin userid (the same userid that you use for Blackboard) and a special CLS server password (not your Blackboard password) that you must get from your instructor. See the connection information in Course Linux Server and work with your instructor during lab time if you have problems connecting to the server.

Your first assignment does not need access to the Course Linux Server.

5 Upcoming testsIndex

For full marks, read the Test Instructions (all the words) before your midterm tests.

Tests take place in class in your one-hour lecture hour, not in your lab period. You must write the test in the lecture class in which you are registered.

• For full marks, read the Test Instructions (all the words) before your first midterm test.

6 NotesIndex

• Keep a notebook with a List of Commands in it.
  • You need to write down yourself what each command does.

• Turn on “show file extensions” in your Windows machines, or else you may upload files with incorrect names such as assginment01.txt.txt!

• Never use the sample userid abcd0001 to log in. These are example userids used in the notes that are meant to be replaced with your own login userid. If you try repeatedly to log in to the Course Linux Server from home using a non-existent userid or password, your home IP address will be locked out; see the Course Linux Server notes for help on how to fix this.

• Basic EMail etiquette:
  • Make the Subject: match the message.
  • Don’t quote irrelevant crap in replies; remove the junk.
  • Don’t top-post unless forwarding.
• Navigating Blackboard:
  • know how to hide and un-hide the course menu
  • configure “All” for MY Announcements and My Calendar dates

Author: 
| Ian! D. Allen, BA, MMath  -  idallen@idallen.ca  -  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| Home Page: http://idallen.com/   Contact Improv: http://contactimprov.ca/
| College professor (Free/Libre GNU+Linux) at: http://teaching.idallen.com/
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