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CSC 151 - MathLAN: Grinnell's GNU/Linux environment

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This course is conducted using a workshop format (a.k.a. a constructivist, collaborative, computing format); on most class days you will find yourself working on the computers in our classroom. You will quickly discover that while these computers have many similarities to the computers you have used in the past, there are also some differences. (When we started teaching this course, many students hadn’t used computers at all and we had to teach things like how to use a Web browser and what the Web was. You will occasionally find comments in the readings and labs that reflect that different perspective.) In this document, we will explore some of the key issues you may need to consider as you work with the GNU/Linux computers that we prefer in computer science. A modern computer is much more than a bunch of circuitry. Most of us think of computers in terms of the operating system that they run and the graphical user interface that accompanies the operating system. Those terms may be new

CSC 151 - MathLAN: Grinnell's GNU/Linux environment MathLAN: Grinnell's GNU/Linux environment Due Wednesday, 3 September 2025 --> Summary We explore our basic “lab equipment” for the course. That is, we examine the operating system we will use and the graphical user interface for that operating system Introduction This course is conducted using a workshop format (a.k.a. a constructivist, collaborative, computing format); on most class days you will find yourself working on the computers in our classroom. You will quickly discover that while these computers have many similarities to the compute

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