LinuxBasics2013

2 hours beginners tutorial

• Introduction (10min)
• Basic system File system (10min)
• Applications (rest of time)

Based on Kubuntu with KDE (depending on presenter)

Introduction

• What is Free Software

    The 4 laws and why they are useful
    What is source code
    Open Source software not only on Linux

• What is Linux

    kernel running on many different architectures

• What is a Distribution

   "Green distribution" - http://www.planetwatt.com 
   Prepared for multimedia - http://http://www.linuxmint.com
   Running on old PC's http://distrowatch.com/search.php?ostype=All&category=Old+Computers&origin=All&basedon=All&notbasedon=None&desktop=All&architecture=All&status=Active 
   Light low on resources: http://lubuntu.net/

Basic system

• Disks/partitions/file-system - for end-users important for

installation and later mounting Different to C: ....

• Devices (no drivers to install)

Applications

• Installing/searching applications and updating system
• NetworkManager -> Configuring the network
• Firefox -> how to install and then add the flash player
• Thunderbird -> configure a mail address / configure a calendar (maybe with Goggle calendar)?
• Amarok/Banshee -> how to get music on i-XY (I don't know how myself ...)
• Digikam -> connect a camera
• Mplayer/w32codecs/CSS -> how to install to be able to look at DVDs
• AMule peer2peer ?
• LibreOffice
• Gimp

What other items do we do to have a fully functional system ?

Hardware

• How many PC/Laptop do we need ?
• Who provides them ?
• Installation of Kubuntu