Ubuntu Desktop Course 8.04 available
Jun 1, 2009
I haven’t seen any news out there so I think it’s really useful to make you all know that a new Ubuntu Desktop Course has been released, it’s written on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, here’s some link you may like:
I can imagine what you’re thinking… Ubuntu 9.04 is already out, why this course is about 8.04? I actuallly don’t have an answer but having a course for a LTS is really important and anyway training structures cannot handle the effort of updating all the materials and instructors every 6 months, just my 2 cents.
Enjoy :-)
George on Jun 1, 2009 | Reply
Except of course that it is mostly completely useless as almost no one can use it. I wanted to use it at the University, bzzzt, commercial use sorry. No one can do training with it and get paid for the training time.
Even if I wanted to train people privately in my house and ask them to cough up $25.00 a piece for my time, I couldn’t use this material.
So in theory a great piece of work, in practice…well, you figure it out.
Score -1 on this one.
Zac on Jun 2, 2009 | Reply
Just a couple of days ago I just sent feedback that they should update their training course to do LTS releases. Wow that was quick. :)
Fabrizio Balliano on Jun 2, 2009 | Reply
@Zac: :-)
Fabrizio Balliano on Jun 2, 2009 | Reply
@George: I think you can create a commercial face2face course based on this one, surely you can’t sell the printed course but that’s not the point. Did you ask the training team for that?
denis on Jun 2, 2009 | Reply
I have tried to download the file but get nothing. I have very slow rural internet is that the problem?
Captain Tux on Jun 3, 2009 | Reply
@George: Wow… how unappreciative are you? I mean, really?? Why don’t you create your own course material instead of leeching off of others’ work???
@Fabrizio: Sorry, I won’t be quite as diplomatic… that’s just punkish, lazy, and selfish of George.
Score: Who cares, Fabrizio wins!
So, thank you George… great work!!
Fabrizio Balliano on Jun 3, 2009 | Reply
@denis: I tried to download both files now and all it’s working fine :-\
@Captain Tux: actually I’ve to say that I partially agree with George, ’cause part of the meaning of this course is to create a bigger ubuntu audience. That could be achieved helping commercial face2face training companies… anyway i can get your point of view :-)
Randy on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply
I think you are mistaken about using the material in a course or lecture.
UNder the creative commons license:
“3. License Grant. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, Licensor hereby grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual (for the duration of the applicable copyright) license to exercise the rights in the Work as stated below:
c.to Distribute and Publicly Perform the Work including as incorporated in Collections;”
Delivering the course to students is public performance.
randy