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NOTICE: Upcoming LFS101 Course Update

fcioanca
fcioanca Posts: 2,613
edited April 25 in LFS101 Class Forum

Hello,

We are preparing to roll out a major learning experience refresh of the Introduction to Linux (LFS101) course over the next couple of months. As a result, you will notice changes to the course’s look and feel, along with updated content. We will do our best to minimize disruptions in your learning experience, but wanted to give you a heads up about the upcoming changes. These changes will be incremental, so you will start seeing refreshed pages throughout the course - the first three chapters have been updated and pushed live.

Kind regards,
Flavia
Linux Foundation Education

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  • typeonetwork1844
    typeonetwork1844 Posts: 1

    I just started. I have been using Linux on my machine for about 9 months now, and I'm a novice when it comes to networking with an old Pentium Duo as my server. I'm hopeful this class can help because I've tried doing it on my own, but I'm missing something. Thanks.

  • shadowman00eg
    shadowman00eg Posts: 1

    So should we revise the course from beginning when the update enrolls ????

  • fcioanca
    fcioanca Posts: 2,613

    Hi @shadowman00eg

    The course helps you build the foundational skills to work with Linux, which is very stable, no matter the version used. While newer distro versions incorporate new features, the course in its current version teaches you to use Linux and be able to easily transition to working with newer features with ease. You can continue your learning journey as is and once done, you can revisit all or some of the sections that have been updated, as a refresher or to see what is new. Chapters are being rolled out incrementally, one by one, as they are ready. Currently, chapters 1-4 have been updated, and work is in progress on chapter 5.

    I hope this helps.

    Regards,
    Flavia
    Linux Foundation Education

  • rumibumi
    rumibumi Posts: 7

    Hello!

    I started this course about three months ago, but due to various reasons I paused it. Now I am back and hope I'll be able to finish it.

    I realized the look is new and at first I wondered whether I had forgotten the beginning or it really was a new one. Now I know the answer :wink: .

    Greetings!
    Rumi

  • fcioanca
    fcioanca Posts: 2,613

    Hi @rumibumi

    The update is ongoing, more updated chapters coming soon.

    Regards,
    Flavia

  • rumibumi
    rumibumi Posts: 7
    edited May 11

    Hello,
    In Chapter 4 Lesson 3 in the second paragraph after the scheme there is the following sentence:
    "Historically, this role was filled by the X Window System (commonly called X or X11), which has been part of Linux since the mid-1980s."
    In the previous chapters it was said the Linux started in 1991. So in the cited sentence probably should be mid-1990s or not Linux but Unix or something else?

  • fcioanca
    fcioanca Posts: 2,613
    edited May 11

    Hi @rumibumi

    Thank you for flagging the typo. We had added more clarifications, and the text now reads "Historically, this role was filled by the X Window System (commonly called X or X11). While X originated in the mid-1980s, it has been a core component of Linux desktop environments since the kernel's inception in the early 1990s."

    Regards,
    Flavia

  • rumibumi
    rumibumi Posts: 7

    Hello again,
    Yesterday I managed to install a live Fedora on a flash drive and started it to try it. I opened the Firefox and tried to open the course, but received the "Error: Internal server error" or something similar and despite the various things I changed in the settings, I was not able to open it. What could have been the cause?

  • tomide01
    tomide01 Posts: 1

    Literally, I just got introduced to the course today. I'd be starting the course today

  • rumibumi
    rumibumi Posts: 7

    Hello,
    about the new version of the lessons - in the menu in the left (outside the lesson) are shown only the chapter name and one of the lessons, but not all.
    I can find them in the other menu - the one incorporated in the lesson, but when I open it, part of the lesson hides in the right part of the screen.
    As a compare, the old lessons (from the 6th onward) have all the parts of the chapter shown in the menu on the right (outside the lesson) and I find it useful.

  • fcioanca
    fcioanca Posts: 2,613

    Hi @rumibumi

    We are using different tools to design the updated chapters which give us an opportunity to create a more visually appealing and engaging course. One of the downsides is, as you've seen, the two menus.

    Regarding the expanded chapter menu hiding part of the lesson - it does not hide it, it resizes the content window to the new space.

    Regards,
    Flavia

  • rumibumi
    rumibumi Posts: 7
    edited May 13

    It's annoying interrupting the course with questions like "Are you still here?" while I am scrolling and reading the text (the lessons).

    It is also annoying when the system says something about bugs and throughs you out of the course and then you to have to search where you were to continue learning.

    These things were not happening in the previous version of the course.

  • rumibumi
    rumibumi Posts: 7

    @rumibumi said:
    It's annoying interrupting the course with questions like "Are you still here?" while I am scrolling and reading the text (the lessons).

    It is also annoying when the system says something about bugs and throughs you out of the course and then you to have to search where you were to continue learning.

    These things were not happening in the previous version of the course.

    I found the main problem - it is the internet connectivity.

  • KevinCSmallwood
    KevinCSmallwood Posts: 74
    edited May 14

    [https://forum.linuxfoundation.org/profile/rumibumi] just curious, but why are you using Fedora as your Distro to learn how to use Linux? Why not Ubuntu or Rocky or Alma, for example?

  • rumibumi
    rumibumi Posts: 7

    @KevinCSmallwood said:
    [https://forum.linuxfoundation.org/profile/rumibumi] just curious, but why are you using Fedora as your Distro to learn how to use Linux? Why not Ubuntu or Rocky or Alma, for example?

    Dear Kevin,
    The software on which our professional software is build is Linux, distribution Red Hat. I downloaded both CentOS 10 and Fedora, but first opened Fedora. I was going to learn on CentOS, but at some point decided to use for the learning also Fedora, because (if I had understood right), it is the distribution in the family, which tests the innovative technologies, which could be incorporated later in Red Hat.
    Greetings
    Rumi
    P.S. I realized yesterday, that this here probably is not a "classroom chat", so I'll reduce my comments here. I apologize for being annoying!

  • joselam
    joselam Posts: 1

    Hello everyone, I am joining this course as I am about to begin an introduction to Linux, and I would like to familiarize myself with the subject in advance. I am 70 years old, and this will be my second cybersecurity class. I have created some scripts using Linux/GNU on Ubuntu; however, I feel this has not provided enough practice to build higher confidence.

  • firdaws
    firdaws Posts: 1

    @fcioanca said:
    Hello,

    We are preparing to roll out a major learning experience refresh of the Introduction to Linux (LFS101) course over the next couple of months. As a result, you will notice changes to the course’s look and feel, along with updated content. We will do our best to minimize disruptions in your learning experience, but wanted to give you a heads up about the upcoming changes. These changes will be incremental, so you will start seeing refreshed pages throughout the course - the first three chapters have been updated and pushed live.

    Kind regards,
    Flavia
    Linux Foundation Education

    @fcioanca I like the new look. I was confused a bit at first and then later saw your post in forums here which cleared my little confusion. Thanks

  • golf2win04
    golf2win04 Posts: 1

    Greetings Everyone!
    I'm excited to start learning Linux! :)

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