[wplug] beginner tutorial

Richard Harris ftumph at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 12 13:22:04 EDT 2002


More generally, I think opening with an overview of
the parts & pieces would be good.  Windows and MacOS
are just one thing.  A Linux installation can be the
kernel, X, KDE, CUPS, etc.

--- "Weber, Larry A" <laweber at switch.com> wrote:
> Great list.  I would like to add:
> Adding and removing hardware (sound cards, drives,
> NICs, etc.)
> Managing PATH.
> A tour of the too many configuration files.
> X
> Serial and parallel port programming
> Accessing I/O mapped ports
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Richard Harris [SMTP:ftumph at yahoo.com]
> > Sent:	Friday, July 12, 2002 12:53 PM
> > To:	wplug at wplug.org
> > Subject:	Re: [wplug] beginner tutorial
> > 
> > I think just a tutorial on how to do basic tasks
> that
> > are often straight-forward in Windows but not so
> > intuitive in a Linux environment:
> > 
> > 1.  Add/Edit a printer
> > 2.  Change screen resolution/color depth
> > 3.  Create file associations
> > 3a. Putting application icons on the desktop or
> menu.
> > 4.  Install new applications & where to find them
> > 4a. Remove unused applications
> > 4b. Update existing applications
> > 5.  Create a user
> > 6.  Manage the path, library path, etc.
> > 7.  Change network settings
> > 8.  Add MIME type handlers for Mozilla
> > 
> > Bonus points for:  how to install a new hardware
> > driver
> > 
> > - Rick
> > 
> > --- J Aaron Farr <jaaronfarr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > --- James O'Kane <jo2y at midnightlinux.com> wrote:
> > > > We missed having a tutorial last month because
> I
> > > ran out of time to 
> > > > prepare. The next tutorial is scheduled for a
> > > month from Saturday and I'd 
> > > > like some brainstorm ideas for things I should
> > > include in a tutorial aimed 
> > > > at people using linux for the first time. They
> can
> > > be userlevel or 
> > > > rootlevel things. Try thinking back to your
> first
> > > year of using linux and 
> > > > email me something that you wish someone would
> > > have told you on your first 
> > > > day.
> > > > 
> > > > -james
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I recently set up a linux box for my family.  My
> > > younger sister fell in love
> > > with Tuxracer and Xbill, so she was always in
> Linux.
> > >  My father wanted to get
> > > back into computers and catch up on technology.
> > > 
> > > I ended up writing a very long email that went
> over
> > > some of the basics for
> > > linux: things like commonly used command line
> > > programs (ls, cp, cd), the ideas
> > > of file permissions, what a home directory is,
> why
> > > you have to "mount" CDs and
> > > floppies and how to do so, and a quick overview
> of
> > > the file structure.  This
> > > last thing, the file structure, is probably what
> I
> > > wished to understand better
> > > the most when I first started.  "What is the
> /usr
> > > and /etc directory?"  "Where
> > > should I install new software?"  Things like
> this
> > > confused me for a while when
> > > I first started with Unix/Linux.  There is a
> logic
> > > behind the Unix file
> > > structure, a very good logic, but that logic
> isn't
> > > always apparent without
> > > someone explaining it to you.
> > > 
> > > Also things like 'man' pages and 'info' pages,
> ways
> > > users can explore and find
> > > more info (like the Linux Documentation project
> or
> > > Sourceforge or Freshmeat
> > > ...), these are all things a new user should
> know
> > > about.
> > > 
> > > In general, when approaching new linux users, I
> try
> > > to think about what type of
> > > common daily activities one does on a computer
> > > (thing s you don't even think
> > > about anymore like copying a file) and how these
> > > activities are different in
> > > linux.
> > > 
> > > There was a slashdot post by a new user recently
> > > that I thought was
> > > interesting.  Check out:
> > >
> >
>
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=35367&threshold=0&commentsort=0&tid=11
> > 0&mode=thread&cid=3821651
> > > 
> > > Just some thoughts...
> > > jaaron
> > > 
> > > PS- If we have a tutorial like this, we may also
> > > want to prepare some "live"
> > > CDs of linux (like demo linux, there are some
> > > others), that way some new users
> > > could attend and try out linux on their computer
> > > without having to install.
> > > 
> > >
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