Ubuntu Wiki

Roadmap

• OBJECTIVE: Develop a one day online IRC based classroom geared towards new Ubuntu users.

• SUCCESS CRITERIA: Provide a quality set of courses for users in the Ubuntu Community

• ACTIONS:

  • Determine a name, when to have the courses, and what courses/how-to's/tutorials are needed Done

  • Meet with the Ubuntu Beginners Team to present to them the idea and request assistance in putting together courses for users. Done

  • Secure people to create and teach the courses
  • Advertise the day to the public

• BLUEPRINT: <link>

• DRIVER:

  • Chris Johnston

  • Elizabeth Krumbach

  • Penelope Stowe

  • Mark Cox

Ubuntu User Days has been decided upon.

• Schedule forming at UserDays

Course suggestions

• Switching to Ubuntu
  • from Windows
  • from OS X
  • from BSD
  • another distro
• Command Line Basics
  • navigating the file system from the command line (key concept: where am I)
  • using tar (tape archive) with gzip/bzip (key concept: input file(s) output file)
  • aliases, setting an alias, adding an alias to ~/.bashrc (key concept: saving keystrokes)
• Ubuntu Equivalent programs (OO == MS Office, etc)
• Using Ubuntu One
• Launchpad
  • Why have a Launchpad account
  • Creating a Launchpad account
  • Using your Launchpad account for OpenID
  • Asking questions on Launchpad
  • Reporting bugs on Launchpad
  • How to become an Ubuntero
• How to get help
  • Asking questions on Launchpad
  • Reporting bugs on Launchpad
• How to 'use' restricted drivers
  • From the repositories
  • From the vendor
• How to Get Involved with the Community (this section isn't really appropriate for User Days as our focus is using Ubuntu, not contributing)

  • LoCo Teams

  • Forums

  • BugSquad

  • Translations
  • Developing
  • Joining teams on Launchpad
• Seahorse and GnuPG
  • Creating a key pair
  • Use with Launchpad/Code of Conduct
  • Use with Evolution/Email
  • Signed packages in the repositories and PPAs

Things to do

• Recruit instructors

• Flesh out schedule on UserDays page

Possible instructors

Tentative Schedule

NOTE: Please do not edit the schedule. If there is a problem, please contact Chris Johnston