Read through the the Ubuntu Pocket Guide available at http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/index_main.html
On the first night we will be quickly covering:
Outline of the First night's presentation at Introduction to Ubuntu Linux
summarised from Ubuntu Pocket Guide
A brief Introduction xi - xvii
What is Ubuntu?
GNU Richard Stallman and free and open source software
The Linux Kernel - Open source
Linux Distros - hundreds
What makes Ubuntu special
1. Focus on desktop users
2. Ubuntu philosophy - humanity to others, generosity and inclusive. Freedom Ubuntu community - huge but great technical support at ubuntuforums.org
3. Ease of use
What does Ubuntu offer?
“We will see tonight”
Ch 3 Getting to grips with the desktop 33-
Log in
Desktop
Panels: bottom where -programs minimise to
- Show desktop
- trash icon
- virtual desktop
Main Menus (top panel) always on screen
- Applications
- Places
- System
Icons -
Top Panel right - time and systems tray
- Update manager
Applets: add to panel with R click
Virtual Desktops
Personalising - do we want to show that?
Themes Fonts etc.
Cutting copying and pasting show using the selection buffer
Desktop search with Tracker
Deskbar search
Keyboard shortcuts
Dealing with crashed programs
Changing time and date
Rebooting and shutting down - hibernate etc
Users and filesystems p49
Open Nautilus to demonstrate (Places >Home folder)
Paths
Mounting and unmounting
File and Folder names - the importance of case
Important filesystem locations - home etc usr/bin
Hidden files and folders .files
File extensions - or lack of
Understanding users
Root user - sudo
Permissions
Nautilus
1. Toolbar
2. Location bar - text and button
3. Side pane - Places, Information, Tree, History, Notes and Emblems
4. Filesystems location in Places
5. Bookmarks
6. Status bar
7. Zoom controls
8. Emblems
9. File area
10 Icon view list
File Management
Links and Launchers
Bookmarks
Tabbed Browsing
Searching for files
Special browsing locations -ftp, network shares
File associations
File compression briefly
Quick look at the command line then
Software Management p97
Open Synaptic
What's a package?
Repositories Main, Universe, Restricted, Multiverse, updates
Dependency management
Synaptic
1. Toolbar
2. Filter list
3. Filters
4. Search
5. Main package list
6. Status bar
7. Package description
Installing software
Demonstrate:
- Firefox
- Pidgin
- Evolution
- Gimp
- Open Office
- Rhythmbox music player
- Totem video player
- Brasero
