This year, we dive into the world of GNU/Linux and beyond into some of the cool parts of IT that have interested us in computers.
- Part 1: An welcome to the club for the year, and introduction to Linux, free and open source software, and VirtualBox.
- Part 2: Installing VirtualBox, running a VM using the provided image, first time booting the VM
- Part 3: Using the VM - fixing the screen resolution, getting around the desktop
- Part 4: Package management, packages for common tasks, general Linux information, shells
The weeks have been replaced by parts because we've spent more time on some areas then initially anticipated.
The Linux "plot arc" of the club is now over. We hope you've had fun, and will continue to explore the world of Linux and FOSS.
- Linux is not Windows
- If you are not careful with Linux/play with it without experience outside the scope of the club, you can easily destroy a lot of your own data and/or brick your computer. This is not intended as a restriction, rather as a caution to be careful until you know more
- The club is not about/focussed on any of the following: hacking, programming, 3D graphics, mixing music, editing videos, etc. Whilst these are all part of computing, they are beyond the scope of the club this year
- Start at Start-Here.md
- Linux is not Windows
Each time you set up at school, please follow the new "Setting Up at School" guide. Hopefully this should decrease the chaos in recent weeks.
It's a very good idea to bring USBs to the club and put your disk image on that. Obviously we can't force you to, but you're not going to get much out of the sessions if you spend half the time each session waiting for the image to copy to the desktop.