The document outlines a course project assignment for a networking course. Students are asked to write an 8-10 page paper comparing and contrasting three Linux distributions (Red Hat, SuSE, Ubuntu) in both server and workstation environments. The paper must address total cost of ownership, training, support, performance, reliability, and application availability. It should include an outline submitted in Week 3 and the final paper is due in Week 6. The paper will be graded based on documentation, formatting, organization, cohesiveness, and depth of content on the specified topics for the three distributions.