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 ======PROJECT======
-PROJECT: Introductory Activities and Getting Started
+PROJECT: Introductory Activities and Getting Started (ntr0)
 =====Objective=====
 In this project, we get started with some course initialization activities.
+The aim is to:
+  * get you settled and configured with pertinent class resources
+  * test your ability to parse and proceed through linear, top-down documentation
+  * generate contextual awareness of your place within the computing environment
+  * start to acclimate to variables and conditions of abstraction
+All of which will be important, ongoing skills to possess and continue to strengthen as we proceed through the course.
+=====How to proceed through this project=====
+There has been some unexpected confusion by some on how to glean information and make progress through this project (ie the information contained within this document and the necessary actions and awareness of what is going on).
+The following advice, when genuinely followed, seems to remedy any initial confusion:
+  * read through this document, starting at its very top, and working your way down, line by line to the bottom (it is generally linear, with contextual clues sprinkled in)
+  * as you read through, comprehend and strive to understand what is happening. The supporting text, often surrounding any example or model commands to run, will tend to fill in the crucial backstory and connections. If further clarification is needed, please ask questions! Just running the commands in this document and have ZERO clue of what you are doing isn't going to help you in the long run.
+  * have a contextual/locational awareness of where you are (there are 2 different computing systems you are to perform work on, and there are two different means of accessing one of the systems- via command line, and via the web)
+  * we will be making heavy use of abstraction in this course. We start off with some simple exercises, providing you with model commands you need to adjust to fit your reality (ie commands that won't work as literally shown, but when pertinent meanings are substituted in and followed, will result in success: this is a common theme throughout the course).
+  * remember (for the duration of the course) the important concepts presented: for this project will NOT be the last time you see them. Starting from a clean slate each project, retaining NOTHING from your prior experiences will make things unnecessarily difficult for you.
+  * be sure to spend some time experimenting and playing, so as to gain an even deeper understanding and familiarity with these concepts. We will encounter and use many tools that facilitate our means of accomplishing various tasks. Their application isn't necessarily limited to the current activity of the project or the subject matter of the course. There are a wealth of productivity treasures to be encountered (both tangible and intangible) that can supercharge your educational journey.
+As many of my graduated and subsequently employed alumni have relayed to me, many of these activities and behaviours I have highlighted have been quite influential in their success at their various jobs.
+Say some of my former students now employed as engineers: "Reading is 90%+ of the job"
 =====Abstraction=====
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 For many of you, this will be your first experience logging onto a Raspberry Pi and working within a command-line environment. You're taking your first steps into a much larger world.
-Your clearest indication you are on your Raspberry Pi will likely be in the display of the prompt, resembling the following:
+Your clearest indication you are on your Raspberry Pi will likely be in the display of the prompt, resembling the following (in whole or in part):
 <cli>
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 NOTE: With the installation of **aptitude**, you can use it in place of apt-get/apt-cache:
-  * update: sudo aptitude update
+  * update: **sudo aptitude update**
-  * upgrade: sudo aptitude upgrade
+  * upgrade: **sudo aptitude upgrade**
-  * search: aptitude search TOKEN
+  * search: **aptitude search __TOKEN__**
-  * install: sudo aptitude install PACKAGE
+  * install: **sudo aptitude install __PACKAGE__**
+Where **__TOKEN__** is some substring of the thing you are looking for, and **__PACKAGE__** is the name of the installable package.
-Some other packages you might want to install (some might already be installed):
+Some other packages (substitute in place of **__PACKAGE__** above) you might want to install (some might already be installed):
   * bc
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   * file
-Be on the lookout for other packages to install in this project.
+Be on the lookout for other packages to install in this project (often embedded in the reading or unhighlighted on various lists of actions to take).
 ====Clone your Lab46 Mercurial Repository on your raspberry pi====

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