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Training

Ubuntu Desktop Training

Target Audience

This course provides both home and office users with hands on training on Ubuntu. No prior knowledge of Ubuntu is required, although computer literacy is assumed and is a pre-requisite. Ubuntu 7.10 must be installed on the computer hard disk before starting this course. The Ubuntu desktop course is designed to be modular. If all lessons are studied in a classroom, it should be completed within two full days. However, topics and lessons can be selected as required and a day’s content designed to suit the key learning objectives.


Course availability

Contact an Ubuntu training partner to discuss course availability in your area. A web-based course is now available from the Canonical Shop


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