Fit for Intelligent Adults

From the course description for a Linguistics course taught by Geoffrey K. Pullum at UC Santa Cruz, "Introduction to Unix", promising

...a Unix-based no-prerequisites computer literacy course that treats the computer like a dumb slave and you like an intelligent human being—instead of the other way around!

Purpose of the course: Linguistics 80G and Computer Science 80G (same course, two different places in the catalog) is a basic-level introduction to the intelligent use of computers. It is oriented toward enabling you to make a computer do exactly what you want—not teaching you to only want things done the way the computer does them! The goal is to put you in charge. In order to do this, the course introduces the only operating system that is fit for intelligent adults: Unix.