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Organizer: Elizabeth Krumbach (pleia2) Drafter: None

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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.

• Installing Linux or Ubuntu (Ubuntu Installation Wiki)

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

  • Desktop Customization -- (Metacity, Themeing/Eyecandy, Compiz Fusion)

    • Themes
    • Backgrounds
    • Fonts and sizes
• The Internet
  • Connecting to the Internet
    • Wired
    • Wifi
    • Proxy

  • Browsing the Web (Firefox) -- (Firefox)

    • Shopping Online (Basic Security?)
    • Flash (Youtube, etc.)
  • Setting up Email

    • Evolution -- (Evolution)

    • Gmail -- (Gmail w/ Evolution)

    • Hotmail -- (Hotmail w/ Evolution)

  • Chatting

    • Pidgin (IM) -- (Pidgin Manual)

    • Skype -- (Skype)

    • IRC -- (Pidgin IRC, XChat How-To)

• Basic Office Applications
  • Introduction to Word Processing
    • OO.o Writer
    • Abiword
  • Introduction to Spreadsheets
    • OO.o Calc

    • Gnumeric -- (Gnumeric Manual)

• Multimedia
  • Pictures
    • EOG
    • fspot
    • nautilus
  • Playing Music
    • Rhythmbox
    • Codecs
  • Watching Videos
    • Movie Player (Totem)
    • Codecs
    • Watching DVDs
  • Graphics

    • GIMP -- (GIMP)

    • Inkscape -- (Inkscape)

• Devices
  • USB Thumb Drives
  • Digital Cameras
    • Transferring Pictures
      • Nautilus
      • Fspot
  • MP3 Players (ipod)
  • Webcam Basics
    • Cheese
    • Skype
  • Printers
  • Scanners
• Getting Support
  • Launchpad
    • Questions

    • Filling Bug Reports -- (Reporting Bugs)

  • Ubuntu Forums
  • IRC

Further Material Links

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Training