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= Warning: this project appears to have died, and the information in this page is abandoned/obsolete =
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'''Ubuntu Desktop Course - It's HERE!! but needs to be updated.'''
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The long awaited Ubuntu Desktop Course is ready, waiting and all yours for the taking!		 '''Ubuntu Desktop Course 8.04 LTS''' is now available as PDFs in several languages, instructor and student versions.
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Thanks to all the community members who slogged over writing, reviewing, editing, proofreading and fixing the layout. The first release was a smashing success which we hope to continue with each new Ubuntu release. We are working on revising our processes to help streamline the update cycle, make it simpler for community members to participate, and need your help in brainstorming new ways and tools that might help us out. I will update with more info as soon as possible. Many thanks to community members who worked hard writing, reviewing, editing, proofreading and translating!
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Here are a few points to mention about the current course: '''Note''': You can generate localized docbook and HTML from project source.
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 1. It has been written in Docbook using xml stylesheets and the bzr revision control, accessed through Launchpad. == Overview ==
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 2. There are 10 lessons in total. The last lesson, ''Partitioning and Booting'', is optional. The course is modular, taking 2 days if all lessons are covered. However, topics and lessons can be selected as required.  * The course is modular, taking 2 days if all lessons are covered. Topics and lessons can be selected as required.
 * There are 10 lessons. The last, ''Partitioning and Booting'', is optional.
 * There are two versions of the course:
  * Instructor: has instructor notes and answers to exercise questions.
  * Student: excludes instructor notes and answers to exercise questions.
 * The course content is released under Creative Commons: BY-NC-SA. For more information on this, please refer to: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
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 3. There are 2 versions of the course: == Download PDFs ==
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    * An Instructor Guide, which has instructor notes and answers to the exercise questions together.
    * A student guide, which does not have instructor notes; answers to the exercises are provided separately.		 [[ Training/PDFs | Here ]] are the currently available PDFs of guide. Student and instructor versions, in various languages. The files are large (around 60MB).
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 4. pdf versions of the student guide and instructor guide are attached here: [[attachment:student-7.10.pdf|Student Guide]] and [[attachment:instructor-7.10.pdf|Instructor Guide]]. As the downloads are rather huge, smaller versions for TESTING are available here [[attachment:student-small-7.10.pdf|Student Guide (small)]] and [[attachment:instructor-small-7.10.pdf|Instructor Guide (small)]]. In order to retrieve the actual code and contribute or modify the content, you will need to have a Launchpad account and bzr set up on your computer. The Launchpad branch is: http://launchpad.net/ubuntu-desktop-course == Project Source and Development ==
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 5. In order to create a:  * Community participation in development and translation is greatly appreciated.
 * Activities are discussed on this email list: ubuntu-training-community@lists.ubuntu.com
 * Discussions are occurring to decide whether to develop a new version for the Lucid LTS release, so stay tuned.
 * The source format is a docbook book, translated through po files in Launchpad Translations (https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu-desktop-course), with a build structure based on http://launchpad.net/doctemplate.
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    * Student guide: make booksg
    * Instructor guide: make book
    * Q&A for the student guide: make questions		 === Download Source and Build PDFs ===
 1. Install bzr as follows: {{{sudo apt-get install bzr}}}
 1. Obtain the source in a new directory as follows: {{{bzr branch lp:ubuntu-desktop-course}}}
 1. See the README file for instructions on building localized HTML, PDF and docbook and on localization (including images).
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=== Note on Translations ===
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 6. There will also be a book version of the courseware which you will be able to buy online. This will be formatted slightly differently to reduce the page numbers and make the content overall ready for print production, but the content and copyright will remain the same.

 7. The course content is released under Creative Commons: BY-NC-SA. For more information on this, please refer to: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Other than that, enjoy, and we look forward to receiving your feedback.

TODO: Could someone upload the last student-7.10.pdf and student-small-7.10.pdf documents again? They are currently broken.		 There may be translations that were originally done directly in language-specific docbook xml files and that have not been ported to po files (the new translation approach). This conversion is required to produced localized versions, and it needs to be done by native language speakers. If PDFs for your desired language are not available, please email the list: ubuntu-training-community@lists.ubuntu.com.
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 * Next meeting for Ubuntu Training Team: Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 20.00 UTC, #ubuntu-training  * Next meeting for Ubuntu Training Team: TBD, #ubuntu-training

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Ubuntu Desktop Course 8.04 LTS is now available as PDFs in several languages, instructor and student versions.

Many thanks to community members who worked hard writing, reviewing, editing, proofreading and translating!

Note: You can generate localized docbook and HTML from project source.

Overview

  • The course is modular, taking 2 days if all lessons are covered. Topics and lessons can be selected as required.

  • There are 10 lessons. The last, Partitioning and Booting, is optional.

  • There are two versions of the course:
    • Instructor: has instructor notes and answers to exercise questions.
    • Student: excludes instructor notes and answers to exercise questions.

  • The course content is released under Creative Commons: BY-NC-SA. For more information on this, please refer to: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Download PDFs

Here are the currently available PDFs of guide. Student and instructor versions, in various languages. The files are large (around 60MB).

Project Source and Development

Download Source and Build PDFs

  1. Install bzr as follows: sudo apt-get install bzr

  2. Obtain the source in a new directory as follows: bzr branch lp:ubuntu-desktop-course

  3. See the README file for instructions on building localized HTML, PDF and docbook and on localization (including images).

Note on Translations

There may be translations that were originally done directly in language-specific docbook xml files and that have not been ported to po files (the new translation approach). This conversion is required to produced localized versions, and it needs to be done by native language speakers. If PDFs for your desired language are not available, please email the list: ubuntu-training-community@lists.ubuntu.com.

Latest News

  • Next meeting for Ubuntu Training Team: TBD, #ubuntu-training

Training (last edited 2013-05-16 17:17:58 by rrcs-67-78-168-186)