<div><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Ubuntro, an application showing how to work with ubuntu, aimed at "human beings" who come from using windows all their lives and now made the step to try and see beyond the horizon.</pre> <pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; ">I took this to <a href="http://freenode.net">freenode.net</a> #ubuntu, and they told me to contact the developers, so I hope this gets heard.</pre> <pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; "><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; "> If you're all wondering why I come with this proposal: I've hooked my dad up with an ubuntu install (after about 30 years of working with ms software), and many others already but they're all kinda stuck in the beginning.</pre> <pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; ">When I first told this idea to the people on the irc channel they told me "read these 20 pages of pdf".</pre> <pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; ">I told them: ok, saying rtfm but then a bit empathised isn't the ubuntu idea, so I'd really like to know if there exists some program that introduces people interactively to the ubuntu environment and went ahead to make up the folowing list of my idea of such software.</pre> Key Idea: A guided tour from within ubuntu (would be nice, but is it doable?) or a flash tour online (-> promo without having to install it first). This is a guided tour through the default ubuntu from a fresh install. 2 tours are available, along with a search function allowing you to find quickhelp about every topic discussed in the tours. The tour should state that all software that is default installed is entirely free and maintained daily to listen and act upon the peoples remarks and requests. (explains all the updates ppl will get, my dad already is thinking: so many updates, man this is one broken piece of software). |--------------| |Basic tour| U..bun..tu? Where to find what, from first startup. |--------------|</pre><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Ubuntu, making a computer work for you, for free.</pre><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; "> - Start from "logging in after startup" ~ login window under windows + reasons for using both login & pw - Explanation of pannels (~ windows start bar) and multiple desktops + advantages: *pointing arrow to applications*: here you can find all your installed applications grouped by theme *arrow to quicklaunch buttons*: this is where you can put shortcut icons to your favourite programs *how to add quicklaunch buttons *arrow to desktop: taskbar and hotkey for multiple desktop switching - connecting through a network (yes, WPA and WEP aren't familiar terms to most people) ~ windows just has "connect to this network please give the pw" - basic default software for what ppl are used to use: * Nautilus ~ win explorer * Evolution ~ win outlook express / hotmail / ... * Firefox ~ win ie7/8 * OpenOffice, all in one work suite ~ ms office * Pidgin, the all in one suite for msn, irc, ... * gimp, movie player (+ codecs), rythmbox, gedit... |--------------------| |Advanced tour| Ok, I know what I need to know to work, know I'd like to learn to mess the system up. |--------------------| </pre><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Arr, show me them bits & bytes.</pre><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; "> - explanation about rights of files and examples of where to use sudoers rights</pre><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; ">- what do I do if a program is stuck (open htop? wait for it to turn grey then force quit? xkill?) - how to install software (both synaptic & normal add-remove) - basic system administration ->system menu hot topics like: * appearance * keyring * display (when attaching a projector or 2nd screen) * ... - Having 2 partitions (People tend to like to do that, or get a pc with default 2 partitions) - packages you might need when browsing: adobe flash, java plugin, ... - adding a printer (had to guide my dad through doing this, even tough it seems pretty straight forward, he's 60 yrs old you should know). - ...</pre></div>