Linux Class at Communiversity

[Jason Clinton]

Leo J Mauler wrote:
> The course catalog says "Bring your own computer, Linux provided."
>
> Another E-mail you sent to the list says "the distro is Gentoo".  Thats
> a compiled distro, right?
>
> If I brought in a Pentium 233Mhz system with 128MB of RAM, and its
> biggest hard drive is 2GB, would I hold the class back?  :)
>
> "Well class, we're going to have wait until April to cover actually
> using Linux, since Leo's machine will be done installing around then..."
>
> Frankly, I'd like to learn how to install Gentoo, I've been wanting to
> do a compiled distro ever since Sorceror Linux came out.

I'll be teaching Gentoo but I believe that the concepts are universally
applicable. I will provide Linux CD's of any mainstream distro for
anyone who wants them.

I don't think your system will hold us back since it will be a binary
installation.