Santa Ana College CS 141: UNIX/Linux Operating System 2006 Spring semester

Course Overview	Important information about this course, required textbooks, grading policy, semester calendar, etc.
Classnotes	Instructor lecture notes from each class during this semester.
News Articles	Recent computer news articles.

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Grade Estimator	Estimate how your overall course grade will change based on getting better or worse scores in the future.

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Class Reference Material

• Abbreviations used by this instructor
• Punctuation: the keyboard characters and their names
• Standards of Conduct

• If you missed the Final Exam on Wed May 31, you may take a make-up exam (with 4% late penalty) on
  • Monday June 5 at 8:30 PM, room A-213, or
  • Wednesday June 7 at 7 PM, room A-215

• Wednesday June 7 is an optional class. There will be no lecture and no attendance taken. You may come in at 7 PM to get help with the last homework assignment or to take a make-up exam. Otherwise there is no need to attend.
• I will mark your attendance early (so you can leave early) if your current course grade is an A (which includes the new homework assignment) or if your grade was an A when the last grade rank was computed (which does not include the new homework). (posted Mar 1, 2006)

• Homework assignment #1, questions 49 thru 54 ARE NOW FIXED. You may work on those questions. (posted Feb 27, 2006)

• Practical UNIX is a thick but inexpensive book. You must ease the binding open gently or whole sections of pages may fall out. See the instructor if you have not been shown how to do this. (posted Feb 22, 2006)