Kurs: RLU101 - Ubuntu Desktop Training

Course Outline

Introducing Ubuntu

• OpenSource, Free Software Movement and Linux

• About Ubuntu

• About the Ubuntu community

• Key differences between using Ubuntu and Microsoft Windows

• Desktop quick-tour

Using the Internet

• Connecting to the Internet – wireless / cable / dial up

• Web browsing

• Email & Junk filtering

• Instant Messaging

• Softphones – ekiga, wengophone

• News Readers 

Using OpenOffice Applications

• OpenOffice.org

• GnuCash Accounting Application

• Scribus Desktop Publishing Application

Ubuntu and Games

• Frozen-Bubble

• PlanetPenguin Racer

• Scorched3D 

Customising the Desktop and applications

• Desktop, preferences and navigating the Filesystem

• What is a package manager

• Add/Remove Applications

• Synaptic Package Manager

• Installing a Single Package File

• Software Repositories and updates 

Making the Most of Images and Photos

• gThumb Image Viewer

• The GIMP

• Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor

• f-spot

• Downloading from digital cameras

• Scanning 

Playing Music and Videos

• Legal restrictions

• Playing and Organising Music Files

• Playing and Extracting Audio CDs

• Burning CDs

• Video Playback

• Multimedia Codecs

• Using an iPod

• Editing Audio Files

• DVD Playback

• Backing Up DVDs

• RealPlayer

• Video Editing 

Ubuntu Help and Support

• Free and commercial resources 

Partitions and Booting (optional – recommended but not compulsory part of course)

• Graphical Partition Editor

• Make Windows partitions available from Ubuntu

• Make Windows partitions automatically available

• Run a system command automatically at startup

• Change default operating system at boot

• Configure start-up services