FOSS Training at Dharan

Contents

1 Objectives
2 Date, Time, Venue
3 Targeted Group
4 Topics Covered
5 Trainers

Objectives
Easy porting of computer users (esp. Windows users, sysadmins) to Linux / FOSS Alternatives. This training will motivate the trainees to get involved in development of FOSS / Linux community.

Date, Time, Venue
Date: 5th July, 2008
Time: 10am - 5pm
Venue: Dharan Engineering Campus

Targeted Group
Computer users (esp. sysadmins) familiar with Windows but not with FOSS alternatives
Topics Covered
1.Introduction
1.FOSS
2.Linux
2.Installation
1.Partitioning (Concept and process)
2.Fresh Installation
3.Using Wubi (ubuntu)
4.Adding extra packages (internet, addon dvd)
3.Linux Desktop basics
1.User accounts (root and others)
2.Software Installation
3.File system
4.Connecting to internet
5.Desktop effects
4.Alternatives
1.Internet (Firefox, Thunderbird)
2.Office Application (Openoffice.org)
3.Multimedia (VLC, Amarok)
4.Image Editing (GIMP, Inkscape, F-SPot)
5.Help and Support
1.Wiki
2.Mailing List
3.IRC
6.Shell Basics
1.Basic commands (ls, cd, ...)
2.Command history and completion
3.Wildcards and aliases
4.Piping and I/O redirection
5.Some advanced commands (sed, awk, grep, ...)

Trainers
Jwalanta Shrestha
Tushar Neupaney
Abish Adhikari