UbuntuDesktopTopics
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.
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
- File System
Linux file system hierarchy -- (Linux/Ubuntu Directory Structure)
- File Navigation, nautilus
Linux file permissions -- (Understanding Permissions, File Permissions and chmod/chgrp/chown, Linux File Permissions)
Introduction to the Command Line -- (Using the Terminal)
Sudo and Root -- (Root/Sudo, Ubuntu Root Access)
Handling files w/ command line -- (File and Directory Commands)
- Troubleshooting w/ command line
Hardware related command line -- (System Info Commands)
Installing Applications -- (Installing Software)
Repositories -- (Ubuntu Repositories)
Adding Repositories -- (Enabling Extra Repositories, Adding Repositories in Ubuntu)
Adding GPG keys -- (Authenticating Repositories)
Add/Remove Programs -- (Add/Remove Applications)
Aptitude and Apt -- (Text Based Install Methods, Aptitude Survival Guide, apt-get How-To)
Synaptic Package Manager -- (Synaptic Wiki)
- The Internet
- Connecting to the Internet
- Wired
- Wifi
- Proxy
- Browsing the Web (Firefox)
- Shopping Online (Basic Security?)
- Flash (Youtube, etc.)
- Setting up Email
- Firefox
- gmail
- Evolution
- Chatting
- Pidgin
- Skype
- IRC
- Connecting to the Internet
- Multimedia
- Pictures
- EOG
- fspot
- nautilus
- Playing Music
- Rhythmbox
- Codecs
- Watching Videos
- Movie Player (Totem)
- Codecs
- Watching DVDs
- Graphics
- gimp
- inkscape
- Pictures
- Devices
- USB Thumb Drives
- Attaching
- Transferring Files
- Removing
- Digital Cameras
- Connecting
- Transferring Pictures
- Nautilus
- Fspot
- Removing
- MP3 Players (ipod)
- Connecting
- Transferring Files
- Removing
- Webcam Basics
- Installation
- Cheese
- Skype
- Printers
- Scanners
- Troubleshooting
- Fstab
- USB Thumb Drives
- Basic Office Applications
- Introduction to Word Processing
- OO.o Writer
- Introduction to Spreadsheets
- OO.o Calc
- Introduction to Word Processing
- Getting Support
- Launchpad
- Questions
- Filling Bug Reports
- Ubuntu Forum
- IRC
- Launchpad