[lug] Linux education/classes

[celttechie (Brian Jarrett)]

I personally don't have a desire to sit through classes for any reason.  I
am most interested in getting my hands dirty and learning by doing.  I know
quite a few other people who are this way as well.

I've had this idea for quite a while about a business I would like to start
but don't have anywhere near the capital to do so.  I would like to start a
"learning lab" where I would have PCs and network equipment available for
people to rent by the hour or day and come into the lab to learn by working
with the actual equipment.
I got this idea when I was thinking about my own needs for a home lab to
practice working with Cisco equipment.  Many, like me, probably don't have
the cash flow to just drop several thousand dollars for a basic lab or for
classes where they would have limited access to such a lab.

A self-paced lab is one of the best learning environments to learn because
you  can screw it up and do it over and over again without worrying about
dropping a production network.  If you then took a setup like this and had
employees there that could answer questions when someone got stuck and to
maybe teach classes for those that really wanted it, you would have a full
service learning environment.

If we are supposed to crank out many more IT professionals here in Colorado
over the next several years I think a setup like this would be the best way
to do it!

Just my two cents,

Brian


> Hello there folks,
>
> Sort of being new to the LUGs (and not looking through the
> archives yet on this either), I was wondering people's
> thoughts towards classes, education, and/or certification
> (LCA, LPI, RHCE...) in Linux?
>
> More along the lines, if there were classes in the
> area, would people be interested in taking them (say
> along the lines of the SAIR/GNU LCA route since it seems
> to be general Linux (non-distribution specific) and
> covers the "basics")?
>
> Feel free to post to the group or to me directly on
> this one.  I am just surveying the scene some at the
> moment to get an idea here.  This is not meant to start
> a flame war on being or getting certified vs. not either
> so please keep those thoughts in mind.  Again, just more
> surveying and general curiosity on my part.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --- Crawford
> rainwac at attglobal.net
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