I would think that a possible starting point is to
question whether or not a 'newbie' understands basic
system architecture. As you know this is somewhat of a
lost art, unless you are the product of a CS dept.
imo, the basic description of how main memory, hdd,
and other devices all talk together can act as a great
starting point for linux understanding. Other great
topics are the concepts of timesharing, stacks, and
cpu registers, CISC vs. RISC, etc. Possibly I under
estimate the capabilities of the typical 'newbie'
-being somewhat of one myself?
-Matt
--- "Ian C. Blenke" <ian@blenke.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 08:16:36AM -0500, Frank
> Robers _ SOTL wrote:
> > Hi All
> >
> > Personally I believe that it would be great if
> there was a presentation on as
> > simple as possible Linux system.
> >
> > Such a system would not have to actually work on a
> machine, on a blackboard
> > would suffice.
> >
> > The objective would to explain to some of us less
> knowledgeable people and to
> > the newbies system basics.
>
> Ok, help us here if you can. What kind of system
> basics? A few examples
> of what you would like to understand or would like
> to have demonstrated
> go a long way toward getting an appropriate
> tutorial.
>
> Everyone has a different starting point, and those
> of us who have been
> doing this for a decade often simply cannot "think"
> like a newbie. If
> there's one thing I would like to hear, it would be
> the perspective of a
> new Linux user with no preconceptions as to "how
> things work".
>
> - Ian
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