Requests

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  • ["ScreencastTeam/RecordingScreencasts"] - Our approved procedure for actually creating the screencast.

  • ["ScreencastTeam/FAQ"] - Frequently asked questions about this project.

See [#newrequest Adding a Request] for how to request a new screencast specification.

Requested Screencasts

Key

Needs Spec

An idea for a screencast has been suggested, a specification is now required

To Allocate

Waiting to be allocated to someone, or to be recorded

Preparing

Allocated to someone who is getting ready to record it

Recorded

The screencast itself has now been recorded. Further processing/editing may be required

Complete

Screencast uploaded and is available for viewing

Requests

If you want to create a page in this table that doesn't exist, click on the link, and ensure that you use the Screencast Team Request Template which you see on the left hand side of the next screen.

Specification

Brief Description

Status

Owner

Introductions:

["/WhatAreTheComponents"]

To Allocate

["/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:

["/InstantMessaging"]

To Allocate

["/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.

To Allocate

["/ManagingDigitalMusic"]

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

Needs Spec

["/InternetTelephony"]

Using tools like Skype and Ekiga

Needs Spec

["/FileNavigation"]

To Allocate

Typical Intermediate User Activities:

["/WatchingDigitalTelevision"]

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

Needs Spec

["/RunningDOSandWindowsPrograms"]

Using DOSEMU / WINE / Cedega / Transgaming

Recorded

AlanPope

["/WatchingDigitalTelevision"]

Needs Spec

AlanPope

["/InstallingMythTV"]

Installing MythTV on Ubuntu

Preparing

AlanPope

Basic Admin Tasks:

["/InstallingNewSoftwareViaSynaptic"]

To Allocate

["/PlayingMP3s"]

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

To Allocate

["/WatchingVideos"]

Needs Spec

["/InstallingJava"]

Needs Spec

["/ConfiguringAPrinter"]

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

To Allocate

["/RemoteControl"]

- SSH, VNC and Rdesktop

Needs Spec

Intermediate Admin Tasks:

["/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:

["/VideoCardTroubleshooting"]

Needs Spec

Unsorted / Incomplete:

["/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"]

Preparing

AlanPope

["/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:

["/ChangingTheLookOfYourDesktop"]

[http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Customising_Ubuntu_Desktop Complete]

AlanPope

["/ConfiguringEmailInUbuntu"]

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

[http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Introduction_to_Evolution Complete]

AlanPope

["/InstallingFlash"]

Installing flash 7 and 9 beta

[http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Installing_Flash_on_Ubuntu_i386 Complete]

AlanPope

["/InternetRelayChat"]

How to connecct

[http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Connecting_to_IRC_Using_GAIM Complete]

AlanPope

["/InstallingUbuntuDualBoot"]

Install ubuntu on an existing windows system

[http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Installing_Ubuntu_with_Windows_Dual-Boot Complete]

AlanPope

Adding a Request

Anchor(newrequest)

  1. Check if the request already exists in the above table.
  2. Think of a good WikiName for the screencast. It will be used to create a subpage under this page.

  3. Do a search to ensure that the page doesn't already exist.
  4. Create your page by entering the name here:
  5. Read the instructions and fill in the requested data.
  6. Contact the team and introduce your idea for further discussion.


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