Re: [Ilugc] Open Source Lab Syllabus
- From: asprakash_83@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (prakash srinivasan)
- Date: Fri Jun 18 21:10:00 2010
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:39:11 +0530 wrote
OBJECTIVE:
1. Kernel configuration, compilation and installation :Download / >access the
latest kernel source code from kernel.org,compile the kernel and
install it in the
local system.Try to view the source code of the kernel
3. Compiling from source :learn about the various build systems
used like the
auto* family, cmake, ant etc. instead of just running the
commands. This could
involve the full process like fetching from a cvs and also
include autoconf,
automake etc.,
It clearly shows that the person who developed this syllabus dont have
knowledge in kernel compilation. How one can compile a kernel without knowing
Make tool?. And it is located in the 3rd topic after kernel compilation. The
author of this syllabus is confusing with top layer an middle layer of Linux
kernel and he also confused students/staffs.
Resources :
An environment like FOSS Lab Server (developed by NRCFOSS containing >the
various packages)
OR
Equivalent system with Linux distro supplemented with relevant packages
Note:
Once the list of experiments are finalised, NRCFOSS can generate full
lab manuals
complete with exercises, necessary downloads, etc. These could be made
available on
NRCFOSS web portal.
FOSSLab server is an "Mummy" project. No idea, Why the author of this syllabus
trying to give soul for "Mummy".
Hint for "Mummy"::
It was born in end of 2005 and 1.0 released in beginning of 2006. Suddenly it
died. Again after 2-3 years back NRCFOSS again announced version 2.0 and
released. No idea what is the difference b/w 1.0 and 2.0. Again it died after
Mr.Srinivasan left out from NRCFOSS-AUKBC. So I am calling "FOSSLab server" is
like Mummy. No idea when it will come out and die again.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
LIST OF EQUIPMENTS:
Hardware:
Minimum Requirements:
- 700 Mhz X86 Processor
- 384 MB of system memory (RAM)
- 40 GB of disk space
- Graphics card capable of 1024*768 resolution
- Sound Card
- Network or Internet Connection
Software: Latest distribution of Linux
The suggested configuration is useless for kernel compilation. Linux kernel
2.6.x may take many days to complete the compilation for the above suggested
configuration. I am wondering, first of all latest Linux will work on 384MB
RAM.
Minimum expertise skillset should be required to do all the above stuffs. But
still the content is confusing the target audience. So the final target will
not be like Linux application development or Linux kernel programming or what
else. This kind of syllabus will create more panic for target audience about
Linux instead of promoting FOSS/GNU Linux.
-Prakash
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