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Day 1

Introduction to Free and Open Source Software

  • Free Software ideals
  • Open Source philosophy
  • benefits

The GNU/Linux platform

  • benefits
  • nature

Installing GNU/Linux

  • partitioning
  • locale select
  • package selection
  • hardware detection
  • network settings
  • bootloader
  • user accounts

Basic Desktop usage

  • introduce Gnome
  • introduce KDE
  • favor KDE

Day 2

Basic Desktop usage

  • file management
  • panel navitgation
  • desktop configuration
  • mention differences

Common Applications Office

  • openoffice
  • mention alternatives
  • compatibility
  • mention differences

Internet

  • mozilla suite
  • Kontact
  • Kopete
  • kppp
  • gftp
  • kget
  • liferea

Multimedia

  • mplayer/totem
  • gimp
  • gqview
  • inkscape
  • avidemux/kdeenlive
  • audacity/ardour

Other

  • LyX
  • planner
  • dia
  • scribus
  • superkaramba
  • imgseek
  • mention webapps
  • nvu
  • dict client
  • qcad
  • blender

Day 3

Closer view of GNU/Linux system

  • filesystem
  • components
    • kernel
    • GNU
    • command line
    • X
    • desktop
    • cups
    • sane
    • samba
  • DrakXTools
  • DrakWizard

seeking help and support

  • manuals
  • webresources
  • google
  • eglug.org
  • #eglug
  • saturdays

Comments

whirlpool's picture

for blender

whirlpool's picture

djvu

its too late i guess anyways next time mention djvu

Alaa's picture

very confusing

this is not what you're talking about is it? DjVu is a web-centric format and software platform for distributing documents and images. DjVu content downloads faster, displays and renders faster, looks nicer on a screen, and consume less client resources than competing formats. DjVu was originally developed at AT&T Labs-Research by Leon Bottou, Yann LeCun, Patrick Haffner, and many others. In March 2000, AT&T sold DjVu to LizardTech Inc. who now distributes Windows/Mac plug-ins, and commercial encoders (mostly on Windows)

don't tell me we have another firebird name conflict fiasco at hand.

cheers,

Alaa


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whirlpool's picture

Yes this is what I am talking about

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