Is this course as much about learning Unix/Linux commands or the distribution itself?

I believe that virtually any Linux distribution could be a good choice if you are spending most of your time discussing how to use the command line and general administrative tasks.

Once the command line basics and bash shell scripting is covered, specific distributions could be covered.

I would then say that Fedora or Suse are good general choices.

Slackware is good too but it is not necessarily for a new user.


On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 09:04, Martin, Eric wrote:
I'm teaching a Beginners Linux course in a few weeks for Nitelife with the Worc Pub Schools.  I was almost ready to go with Fedora, but I don't think that has what I'm looking for.  I want something easy for people to pickup, and I don't think RPMs don't give you the linux feel.  I'm going to start out w/Knoppix, but I also want to get into a disk install.  I've only used Gentoo, RHAT, and Knoppix.  A friend mentioned SuSe, but I've never used it.  Very open to suggestions, I want as people to enjoy this class, not think that linux is out of their grasp.  So, the question is what distro would people recommend for beginners aside from Knoppix?
 
Eric
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