Linux for beginners course offering

Subject: Linux for beginners course offering
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 11:14:31 +0700
From: Vu Do Quynh <vu.do.quynh@auf.org>
To: Vern Weitzel <vern@coombs.anu.edu.au>

To whom might be interested,

As some foreigners were interested in the Linux course for beginners's
offered in Vietnamese by HanoiLug (see http://www.hanoilug.org/), we
have decided to offer an English version of that course on Saturday 10th
February, 2007 from 8am til 5.30pm (lunch break around 12am for about1
hour and half).

Fees for the course, including two coffe-breaks, CDs, printed materials
are 100.000 VND. Place is at CNF (address shown in my signature)
A maximum of 10 seats (one person per computer) are offered for this
course. To register, you need to send an email and to come pay your fees
before the 8th of February at the address shown in the signature.

Who may follow this course ?
People who are using computers but have never used Linux or installed
Linux by themselves and that are willing to (a) learn about Linux or/and
(b) wish to be able to install Linux by themselves on their own computer.

What will you learn ?
You will know how to install Linux (Ubuntu) by yourself on a computer,
in order to use it along your existing operating system. You will have a
broad view about the main applications that come along your Linux
distribution and that you can use for office work, for the internet and
for managing your Linux system.

Instructors will be David Tremblay (HanoiLug) and probably myself.

The content of the course (the order of items in each session are just
for indication)

(e.g. Morning session:)
1) Linux distributions and Live CDs
What is Linux ; what are Linux distributions ; what are live CDs useful
for.

2) Linux installation :
We will use the live CD Ubuntu 6.10 Desktop to perform the installation
process on a typical computer installed with FreeDos (to mimict Windows
computers).

3) Customization of the installed Linux distribution
We will run through various customization and settings of your Desktop
preferences ; add essential packages and/or softwares to be able to
exchange files with users of the Microsoft Windows World (MS core fonts,
reading Windows media player files, Flash, Real Audio, MP3)

(e.g. Afternoon session)
4) Thoroughly review the main applications coming along with Ubuntu :
File manager/explorer (Nautilus) ; office suite (Openoffice.org) ; web
browser (Firefox, Epiphany) ; email clients (Thunderbird) ; chat (Gaim)
; (basic) image manipulation (GIMP)

5) Managing the system:
Adding users ; updating the system ; using the Terminal, etc.

For any need of information, you can join me by phone at 868.48.85,
office hours from Tuesday through Saturday, every week.
Please forward the information to people who might be interested.
Thanks and best regards

--
M. Vu Do Quynh
Agence universitaire de la Francophonie, Bureau Asie Pacifique
Responsable, Campus numérique francophone (CNF) de Hanoi
C°/ IFI (Rez de chaussée, derrière l'Amphi. Marcel Dassault)
Bâtiment D, Impasse (Ngo) 42, rue Ta Quang Buu (Q. Hai Ba Trung), Hanoi
Tél: +84-4-868.48.85 ; Télécopie: +84-4-869.45.09
Sites de toile: http://www.vn.refer.org/

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