[Klug-general] User space talks

[dan]

Ok here's the rough thinking behind the user spaces talks idea. In a 
nutshell it's trying to make sure that there can be talks for both 
novices and expert at each meet. Also the below info gives a whole raft 
of potential topics for people to get sign up to and get stuck in with.

For those at the last Maidstone my f-spot talk was an exaample of what I 
had in mind - short, to the point and very simple.

What follows is the outpouring of my mind into a google doc a few weeks 
ago. (sorry of the formatting a bit screwy)


    The Problems

Lack of newbie/ user space talks alienate and confuse klug members
People don't know what to do talks on
People aren't sure of how to structure talks which can result in anarchy
Hats, people aren't wearing enough of them
Lack of resources to put on the klug website


    The Solution

A series of talks entitled 'An introduction to....'

    * Start with a stock install of Ubuntu
    * Work down the aplications menu
    * GIve a talk on each one in the following format;
          o half an hour of impress slides and talk
          o half on hour of practicals


All talks to be recorded and put on the website

This gives us a ready made program of talks with some structure. People 
can signup for the one they want to give.

By limiting the talks to half and hour they become relatively easy to 
produce and help to keep them simple.

Talks should not use the cli  but focus on the gui apps - but could 
mention it in passing

Talks could be reused at install fest events


    The Talks List


      Gnome

General talk about gnome (nautilus, apperence etc)


      Accessories

Calculator N/A
Character Map N/A
Disk Usage Analyser
Manage Print Jobs N/A?
Passwords and Encryption keys
Take Screenshot N/A
Terminal (ls, cd, rm, cp, ssh -X only)
Text editor (plugins, highlighting etc)
Tomboy Notes


      Games

Probably not to relevent - or could do a round up talk


      Graphics

F-spot (importing, tagging, timelines, editing)
Gimp (paint tools,layers, levels, scaling, clone tools)
Open Office Drawing
Xsane Image scanning (possibly N/A)


      Internet

Ekiga
Evolution Email
Firefox
Pidgin (IRC, Google talk, MSN etc - maybe deal with setting up accounts 
and then focus on IRC)
Remote desktop viewer and Terminal Server client
Transmission Bitorrent (legal uses of, blacklists, ports)


      Office

Dictionary
Open Office Presentaion - impress
Open Office Spreadsheet
Open Office word Processor (formatting, layouts etc)


      Sound and video

Brasesso Disk Burner (isos, data disks)
Movie player (playlists, codecs, bbc stuff)
Rhythmbox (playlists, importing, videos, you tube)
Sound Recorder


      Universal access

Orca screen reader (general accessibltiy options)


      Add Remove programs

General synaptic type options


      Places

Connect to server (smb, nfs, ftp, sftp)


We could then continue into the system menu, kde aps etc