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→PART 1 - Installing Your Linux Distribution
:The stable version of Centos 7 - release 1161 will be chosen(tested) to be supported for this course. This is to keep the ops stream on red hat based systems, lower the amount of new linux distros that need to be learned by students. This should be the default choice for this course, as it allows for the course to run longer before getting outdated with new software and updates.
:Centos 7 comes with python 2.7, which means that it is not optimal out for the box for teaching this course. However not teaching python 2.7 would be a mistake since so many programs and operating systems still depend on python 2. It would be good to note some changes and encourage new work to be done in python3 while paying attention to specific projects that work only with python 2.
:'''<u>Centos 7 VM Details / Minimum Requirements:</u>'''
'''Perform the following steps:'''
:#Regardless of the Linux distribution you decide to use for this course, this lab will be using and referring to the current version of '''Centos7''', and install the Graphical Desktop for our host machine. When la your VM, refer to the Details / Minimum Requirements chart displayed above. When you have finished the installation of Centos7, you may move on proceed to the next stepsstep.
<blockquote style="margin-left:35px;">{{Admon/important|style="padding-left:25px"|Unit Evaluation Scripts|Each '''Part''' (within an 'Investigation) is referred to as a '''Unit'''. Each Unit will require that the student download and run a '''Unit Evaluation Script''', which can be used to look at a student's Python scripts that was created in order to provide "real-time feedback".<br>This feedback is not considered to be perfect or fool-proof; however, it may provide feedback (hints) in case a student gets stuck or experiences an error when running thier Python scripts. These unit evaluation scripts can also be used to confirm that the student's Python script is on the right track, and provide a consist record of their Python scripting progress throughout their labs.}}</blockquote>
