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I think I've got the pricing right to attract a good class of keen learners for this first run through...",{"problem":48,"audience":57,"pricing":70,"motivation":9,"time_to_build":9,"stack":82,"openness":83,"stage":84,"team_size":85},{"value":49,"source":50,"evidence":51},"Learning Linux sysadmin skills in a structured way","maker",[52,54],{"id":53},"post",{"id":55,"by":10,"text":56},"4726966","Fair point. It's dark where I am, so sleep is called for, but when I wake I'll add in some extra detail to the launch page. To give you an idea, here's some headers for the days:…",{"value":58,"source":59,"evidence":60},"Keen learners wanting to learn Linux server administration","inferred",[61,62,66],{"id":53},{"id":63,"by":64,"text":65},"4726884","jliechti1","As a web person looking to get \"closer to the metal\", this is the kind of course I'm looking for. 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That said, together with a course like this, one…",{"value":108,"source":72,"evidence":109},"Daily bite-sized email tasks are appealing",[110,111],{"id":63,"by":64,"text":65},{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},[113,128,140,147],{"value":114,"source":72,"evidence":115},"Course content and details are not clearly described",[116,120,124],{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"4727027","s_henry_paulson","I'm considering signing a couple of my employees up, but I'm reading the description: you'll be expected to learn and use grep, ssh, apt-get, tail and man I also see that…",{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"4727322","daemon13","I really like the concept, but... - big no-no - which flavor you will be using? RHEL? Ubuntu? FreeBSD? Let's say I sign-up and it turns around that there will be RHEL tooling.…",{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"4726929","nakkiel","I'm currently between two jobs and have a lot of free time. While not really in need for that sort of courses, I might consider giving it a try but I'm unable to find any…",{"value":129,"source":72,"evidence":130},"Paying before seeing the course is a gamble; wants a free trial",[131,135,139],{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"4727040","itsjaredc","I'd be interested in this if it were proven, but you should do a month free so people see what they're getting before they pay.",{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"4727058","forkrulassail","Agreed, 20 up front without a decent course layout is a bit of a gamble.",{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},{"value":141,"source":72,"evidence":142},"Free HOWTOs and tutorials may cover the same material",[143],{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"4727742","peterwwillis","The course description sounds essentially the same as just following HOWTOs (which is how I taught myself the basic tools involved in sysadmin-ing many years ago). 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