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Exploring Linux
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DescriptionJuly 22-26 | Grades 6-8 | Afternoon Session (1 PM - 4PM) Please note: Due to the materials required, registration for this camp will close July 7 Calling young techies! In this camp, we will explore Linux - everything from installing it to configuring it to using it. We'll focus on Debian Linux. Each student will install and configure their own copy of Linux on their own computer - perhaps more than once - and take their new system home with them at the end of the week. Along the way, we'll learn about - oh, everything. Hard disk partitions and network security and TCP/IP network, package managers and open source software and command line interfaces and GUIs. This camp will be the coolest thing ever for anyone who is excited about computers and cannot wait to learn more (and an absolute snooze for anyone else.) About Linux: Linux is a free, open source UNIX-based operating system. Today it runs most of the Internet, most cell phones, all Chromebooks, and an astonishing number of telephones, routers, Wi-Fi APs, thermostats, TVs, and other other invisible devices. Material Fee: The fees for this camp include an EOL (end of life) PC (with no keyboard, mouse, or monitor) that campers will keep to take home when camp ends to continue their Linux exploration. This camp will take place indoors in the Oak Hill tech barn. About the Instructor: Tim Rogers has been working with technology since before he dropped out of the Ph.D. program in Philosophy in the 1980s, reviewing software for the Atari ST while avoiding reading anything more by Ludwig Wittgenstein. He loves almost anything to do with computers - building, programming, networking, teaching, troubleshooting - but dislikes computer games, with the possible exception of Tetris. He is a fan of coffee, gardening, poker, and bicycling - in no particular order. His wife is a much better poker player than he is.