[wplug] RE: beginner tutorial

[Elwin Green]

Just casting my vote - I think a beginner's tutorial is a fine idea, and I think the list below is good, especially the parts about installing/uninstalling apps - I have a BUNCH of stuff on my Mandrake boxes that I would like to get rid of, but don't know how to even begin doing so (especially without breaking something).

I'd scratch the item about Mozilla, though, as being too item-specific for a beginner's tutorial, which in my view should be as generic as possible.

Someone mentioned having demolinux CDs available for people to use while learning. I think that's a GREAT idea. For a beginner, getting Linux installed in the first place can be one of the most confusing and scary things about it. If people can gain a working knowledge of Linux BEFORE installing it, that could make for a much better experience of penguinosity (hey, it's late, OK?).

While I'm here, I may as well volunteer to help put the tutorial on the web, if that's to happen (I don't do fancy web stuff yet, but can do basic html).

Elwin G.

 --- On Fri 07/12,   wrote:
> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:52:46 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Richard Harris 
> Subject: Re: [wplug] beginner tutorial
> To: wplug at wplug.org
> Reply-To: wplug at wplug.org
> 
> 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
> 
> --__--__--
> 
> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:25:30 -0700 (PDT)
> From: J Aaron Farr 
> Subject: RE: [wplug] beginner tutorial
> To: wplug at wplug.org
> Reply-To: wplug at wplug.org
> 
> I think we've got a great list being generated here.  I'd like to make a
> suggestion:  If we do this tutorial, can we make sure we get some
> documentation
> on this up and on the website?  I mean, if we go through all the trouble
> to do
> a tutorial, then we could probably put together some documentation for
> future
> reference, or at least some links to existing documentation.
> 

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