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'''Organizer:''' Elizabeth Krumbach (pleia2)
'''Drafter:''' None

We would like to see participation and ideas from the Ubuntu Forums and Ubuntu Beginners communities.

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Organizer: Elizabeth Krumbach (pleia2) Drafter: None

We would like to see participation and ideas from the Ubuntu Forums and Ubuntu Beginners communities.

This page describes the topics that are important for learning the Ubuntu Desktop to know as well as links to where information can be found about these topics. There are two main sections:

Background Topics

Background information, stuff you wouldn't normally have a class to teach, but is important for students to have access to definitions and an understanding of the concepts.

  • None Really

Classroom Topics

List of topics to cover in a class. Each topic should be direct and if need be, split up into simple modular components of the tasks required to be functional in that area. A lot of these are going to be introductions to the applications involved, planned challenges to produce something and then heavy amounts of linking into materials for further study:

  • Ubuntu Desktop Introduction - Log of this course outline from doctormo, pleia2 developing

  • Introduction to the Command Line
  • Connecting to the Internet, Wired vs Wifi
  • File Navigation, nautilus
  • Basic Office Applications
    • Introduction to Word Processing, oo.o writer
    • Introduction to Spreadsheets, oo.o calc
  • The Internet, firefox
    • Shopping Online, firefox
    • Chatting with Friends and Family, pidgin, skype

    • Setting up Email, firefox, gmail & evolution

  • Multimedia
    • Webcams, cheese, skype
    • Youtube, dvds, video and music files, ipods etc
    • Organising Photos, gphoto, nautilus inc cameras and ipods
    • Graphics, painting and drawing, gimp, inkscape
  • Installing Applications
    • What are repositories, and how do they work
    • Add/Remove Programs
    • Aptitude and Apt
    • Synaptic Package Manager
  • Launchpad
    • Questions
    • Filling Bug Reports
  • Desktop Customisation
    • Themes
    • Backgrounds
    • Fonts and sizes
  • Partitioning and Fstab
  • Linux file permissions
  • Sudo and Root
  • Linux file system hierarchy

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Training

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