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= Reference Material =

 * ["/Template"] - To be used when creating a specification for a new screencast.
 * ["ScreencastTeam/RecordingScreencasts"] - Current known-good procedure for actually creating the screencast.
 * ["ScreencastTeam/FAQ"] - Frequently Asked Questions about this project/team.
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== Specification Under Development == == Specifications ==
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 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/WhatAreTheComponents
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/LinuxForWindowsUsers - "Where is my C drive!?" etc
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/VideoCardTroubleshooting
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/RunningWindowsPrograms - Using Wine / Cedega / Transgaming
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/FullSystemEmulation - Qemu / VMWare etc
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/WhereToGoForHelp - websites, wikis, forums etc
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/InstallingFromAlternateCD
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/UsingTheShell - basic Linux commands (ls, cd, mv, ./, chmod, chown)
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/InstallingEdgyFromLiveCDOnANewDisk
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/FileNavigation -
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/ConfiguringAdditionalRepositories
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/InstantMessaging
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/InstallingSoftware
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/InstallingNewSoftwareViaSynaptic
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/ConfiguringAPrinter - Setting up a printer which may be networked or locally attached.
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/PlayingMP3s - Configuring the system to be able to play MP3s, then actually playing them.
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/WatchingVideos
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/InstallingJava
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/BackupAndRestore - Using sbackup to do full backup and restore of individual files
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/EnablingNvidiaBinaryDriver
=== Introductions ===
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Unsorted || '''Specification''' || '''Brief Description''' || '''Status''' || '''Owner''' ||
||["/WhatAreTheComponents"]|| ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/LinuxForWindowsUsers"] || "Where is my C drive!?" etc ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/InstallingUbuntuOnANewDisk"]|| ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/WhereToGoForHelp"]|| websites, wikis, forums etc ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/AnIntroductionToTheUbuntuDesktop"]|| ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/IntroductionToTheFilesystem"]|| where everything lives ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
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 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/AccessingWindowsFileShares
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/CreatingAndUploadingSimpleWebPages
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/UsingBitTorrent
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/ReconfiguringXorg - When you screw the video config, how to get it working again.
=== Typical Basic User Activites ===
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Installation and upgrades - hard to video. || '''Specification''' || '''Brief Description''' || '''Status''' || '''Owner''' ||
||["/InstantMessaging"]|| ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/AccessingWindowsFileShares"]|| ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/CreatingAndUploadingSimpleWebPages"]|| ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/UsingBitTorrent"]|| ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/WritingAndPrintingALetter"]|| The basics of word processing and printing||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/BurningAndDuplicatingCDs"]|| Burning data, music and ISO images to CD.||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/ManagingDigitalPhotos"]||Getting photos off a digital camera, and using F-spot to manage them. ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/ManagingDigitalMusic"]|| Ripping CDs to various formats (MP3, OGG, WAV), managing collections. ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/InternetTelephony"]|| Using tools like Skype and Ekiga ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/FileNavigation"]|| ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
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 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/UpgradingFromReleaseToRelease
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/InstallingUbuntuOnANewDisk
=== Typical Intermediate User Activities ===
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The real basics. || '''Specification''' || '''Brief Description''' || '''Status''' || '''Owner''' ||
||["/WatchingDigitalTelevision"]|| Getting a DVB-T card to work, and then using an application to watch telly.||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/RunningWindowsPrograms"]|| Using Wine / Cedega / Transgaming ||<#fdfa03>Recorded || ||
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 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/AnIntroductionToTheUbuntuDesktop
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/IntroductionToTheFilesystem - where everything lives
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/KeepingTheSystemSecure
=== Basic Admin Tasks ===
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System admin tasks. || '''Specification''' || '''Brief Description''' || '''Status''' || '''Owner''' ||
||["/InstallingNewSoftwareViaSynaptic"]|| ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/PlayingMP3s"]||Configuring the system to be able to play MP3s, then actually playing them.||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/WatchingVideos"]|| ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/InstallingJava"] || ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/ConfiguringAPrinter"]||Setting up a printer which may be networked or locally attached.||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/RemoteControl"]|| - SSH, VNC and Rdesktop ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
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 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/MakingThingsHappenAtStartup - Configuring applications to start globally but also on a session by session basis.
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/MakingThingsHappenRegularly - Regularly scheduled jobs using cron.
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/FindingDriversForHardware - Non specific - cover video cards (open vs closed), wireless, LAN, sound etc
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/InstallingVideoDrivers - Cover video cards in more detail
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/InstallingWirelessLanDrivers - Cover options including madwifi, ndiswrapper and native support.
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/RemoteControl - SSH, VNC and Rdesktop.
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/UsingExternalDrives - USB and firewire drives for example, could be hard disks or flash memory card or digital camera.
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/UsingMultipleScreens - Dual headed displays
=== Intermediate Admin Tasks ===
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End user tasks. || '''Specification''' || '''Brief Description''' || '''Status''' || '''Owner''' ||
||["/InstallingSoftware"]|| ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/UsingTheShell"]|| basic Linux commands (ls, cd, mv, ./, chmod, chown) ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/ConfiguringSamba"]|| from both a server and client point of view ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/KeepingTheSystemSecure"]|| ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/FindingDriversForHardware"]|| Non specific - cover video cards (open vs closed), wireless, LAN, sound etc ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/MakingThingsHappenRegularly"]||Regularly scheduled jobs using cron.||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
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 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/WatchingDigitalTelevision - Getting a DVB-T card to work, and then using an application to watch telly.
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/WritingAndPrintingALetter - The basics of word processing and printing
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/BurningAndDuplicatingCDs - Burning data, music and ISO images to CD.
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/ManagingDigitalPhotos - Getting photos off a digital camera, and using F-spot to manage them.
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/ManagingDigitalMusic - Ripping CDs to various formats (MP3, OGG, WAV), managing collections.
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/InternetTelephony - Using tools like Skype and Ekiga
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/ConfiguringSamba - from both a server and client point of view
=== Problem Solving ===

|| '''Specification''' || '''Brief Description''' || '''Status''' || '''Owner''' ||
||["/VideoCardTroubleshooting"]|| ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||

== Unsorted / Incomplete ==

|| '''Specification''' || '''Brief Description''' || '''Status''' || '''Owner''' ||
||["/FullSystemEmulation"]|| Qemu / VMWare etc ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/InstallingFromAlternateCD"]|| ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/InstallingEdgyFromLiveCDOnANewDisk"]|| ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/ConfiguringAdditionalRepositories"]|| ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/BackupAndRestore"]|| Using sbackup/hubackup to do full backup and restore of individual files ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/EnablingNvidiaBinaryDriver"]|| ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/ReconfiguringXorg"]|| When you screw the video config, how to get it working again. ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/UpgradingFromReleaseToRelease"]|| ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/MakingThingsHappenAtStartup"]||Configuring applications to start globally but also on a session by session basis. ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/InstallingVideoDrivers"]|| - Cover video cards in more detail ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/InstallingWirelessLanDrivers"]|| Cover options including madwifi, ndiswrapper and native support.||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/UsingExternalDrives"]|| - USB and firewire drives for example, could be hard disks or flash memory card or digital camera.||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
||["/UsingMultipleScreens"]|| - Dual headed displays ||<#ed3232>Needs Spec || ||
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 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/ChangingTheLookOfYourDesktop
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/ConfiguringEmailInUbuntu - Configure evolution to get mail by pop3 and send mail by smtp
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/InstallingFlash
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/InternetRelayChat - What it is and how to use it effectively
 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/InstallingUbuntuDualBoot - Install ubuntu on an existing windows system

=== Reference Material ===

 * ScreencastTeam/Requests/Template
 * ScreencastTeam/RecordingScreencasts
 * ScreencastTeam/FAQ



|| '''Specification''' || '''Brief Description''' || '''Status''' || '''Owner''' || '''Watch''' ||
||["/ChangingTheLookOfYourDesktop"]|| ||<#0cb13e>Complete || AlanPope || [http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Customising_Ubuntu_Desktop https://wiki.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntu/img/u-www.png]||
||["/ConfiguringEmailInUbuntu"]||Configure evolution to get mail by pop3 and send mail by smtp||<#0cb13e>Complete || AlanPope|| [http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Introduction_to_Evolution https://wiki.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntu/img/u-www.png]||
||["/InstallingFlash"]|| Installing flash 7 and 9 beta||<#0cb13e>Complete || AlanPope || [http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Installing_Flash_on_Ubuntu_i386 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntu/img/u-www.png]||
||["/InternetRelayChat"]||How to connecct||<#0cb13e>Complete|| AlanPope|| [http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Installing_and_Using_XChat-Gnome https://wiki.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntu/img/u-www.png] [http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Connecting_to_IRC_Using_GAIM https://wiki.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntu/img/u-www.png]||
||["/InstallingUbuntuDualBoot"]|| Install ubuntu on an existing windows system||<#0cb13e>Complete|| AlanPope|| [http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Downloading_and_Burning_an_Ubuntu_ISO https://wiki.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntu/img/u-www.png] [http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Installing_Ubuntu_with_Windows_Dual-Boot https://wiki.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntu/img/u-www.png] ||

Reference Material

  • ["/Template"] - To be used when creating a specification for a new screencast.
  • ["ScreencastTeam/RecordingScreencasts"] - Current known-good procedure for actually creating the screencast.

  • ["ScreencastTeam/FAQ"] - Frequently Asked Questions about this project/team.

Requestsed Screencasts

Specifications

Introductions

Specification

Brief Description

Status

Owner

["/WhatAreTheComponents"]

Needs Spec

["/LinuxForWindowsUsers"]

"Where is my C drive!?" etc

Needs Spec

["/InstallingUbuntuOnANewDisk"]

Needs Spec

["/WhereToGoForHelp"]

websites, wikis, forums etc

Needs Spec

["/AnIntroductionToTheUbuntuDesktop"]

Needs Spec

["/IntroductionToTheFilesystem"]

where everything lives

Needs Spec

Typical Basic User Activites

Specification

Brief Description

Status

Owner

["/InstantMessaging"]

Needs Spec

["/AccessingWindowsFileShares"]

Needs Spec

["/CreatingAndUploadingSimpleWebPages"]

Needs Spec

["/UsingBitTorrent"]

Needs Spec

["/WritingAndPrintingALetter"]

The basics of word processing and printing

Needs Spec

["/BurningAndDuplicatingCDs"]

Burning data, music and ISO images to CD.

Needs Spec

["/ManagingDigitalPhotos"]

Getting photos off a digital camera, and using F-spot to manage them.

Needs Spec

["/ManagingDigitalMusic"]

Ripping CDs to various formats (MP3, OGG, WAV), managing collections.

Needs Spec

["/InternetTelephony"]

Using tools like Skype and Ekiga

Needs Spec

["/FileNavigation"]

Needs Spec

Typical Intermediate User Activities

Specification

Brief Description

Status

Owner

["/WatchingDigitalTelevision"]

Getting a DVB-T card to work, and then using an application to watch telly.

Needs Spec

["/RunningWindowsPrograms"]

Using Wine / Cedega / Transgaming

Recorded

Basic Admin Tasks

Specification

Brief Description

Status

Owner

["/InstallingNewSoftwareViaSynaptic"]

Needs Spec

["/PlayingMP3s"]

Configuring the system to be able to play MP3s, then actually playing them.

Needs Spec

["/WatchingVideos"]

Needs Spec

["/InstallingJava"]

Needs Spec

["/ConfiguringAPrinter"]

Setting up a printer which may be networked or locally attached.

Needs Spec

["/RemoteControl"]

- SSH, VNC and Rdesktop

Needs Spec

Intermediate Admin Tasks

Specification

Brief Description

Status

Owner

["/InstallingSoftware"]

Needs Spec

["/UsingTheShell"]

basic Linux commands (ls, cd, mv, ./, chmod, chown)

Needs Spec

["/ConfiguringSamba"]

from both a server and client point of view

Needs Spec

["/KeepingTheSystemSecure"]

Needs Spec

["/FindingDriversForHardware"]

Non specific - cover video cards (open vs closed), wireless, LAN, sound etc

Needs Spec

["/MakingThingsHappenRegularly"]

Regularly scheduled jobs using cron.

Needs Spec

Problem Solving

Specification

Brief Description

Status

Owner

["/VideoCardTroubleshooting"]

Needs Spec

Unsorted / Incomplete

Specification

Brief Description

Status

Owner

["/FullSystemEmulation"]

Qemu / VMWare etc

Needs Spec

["/InstallingFromAlternateCD"]

Needs Spec

["/InstallingEdgyFromLiveCDOnANewDisk"]

Needs Spec

["/ConfiguringAdditionalRepositories"]

Needs Spec

["/BackupAndRestore"]

Using sbackup/hubackup to do full backup and restore of individual files

Needs Spec

["/EnablingNvidiaBinaryDriver"]

Needs Spec

["/ReconfiguringXorg"]

When you screw the video config, how to get it working again.

Needs Spec

["/UpgradingFromReleaseToRelease"]

Needs Spec

["/MakingThingsHappenAtStartup"]

Configuring applications to start globally but also on a session by session basis.

Needs Spec

["/InstallingVideoDrivers"]

- Cover video cards in more detail

Needs Spec

["/InstallingWirelessLanDrivers"]

Cover options including madwifi, ndiswrapper and native support.

Needs Spec

["/UsingExternalDrives"]

- USB and firewire drives for example, could be hard disks or flash memory card or digital camera.

Needs Spec

["/UsingMultipleScreens"]

- Dual headed displays

Needs Spec

Completed Videos

Specification

Brief Description

Status

Owner

Watch

["/ChangingTheLookOfYourDesktop"]

Complete

AlanPope

[http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Customising_Ubuntu_Desktop https://wiki.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntu/img/u-www.png]

["/ConfiguringEmailInUbuntu"]

Configure evolution to get mail by pop3 and send mail by smtp

Complete

AlanPope

[http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Introduction_to_Evolution https://wiki.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntu/img/u-www.png]

["/InstallingFlash"]

Installing flash 7 and 9 beta

Complete

AlanPope

[http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Installing_Flash_on_Ubuntu_i386 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntu/img/u-www.png]

["/InternetRelayChat"]

How to connecct

Complete

AlanPope

[http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Installing_and_Using_XChat-Gnome https://wiki.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntu/img/u-www.png] [http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Connecting_to_IRC_Using_GAIM https://wiki.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntu/img/u-www.png]

["/InstallingUbuntuDualBoot"]

Install ubuntu on an existing windows system

Complete

AlanPope

[http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Downloading_and_Burning_an_Ubuntu_ISO https://wiki.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntu/img/u-www.png] [http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Installing_Ubuntu_with_Windows_Dual-Boot https://wiki.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntu/img/u-www.png]


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