User Days was created to be a set of courses offered during a one day period to teach the beginning or intermediate Ubuntu user the basics to get them started with Ubuntu. User Days is a series of online courses where you can: * learn how to install Ubuntu * find equivalent programs in Ubuntu * learn how to get help * learn the basics of how to use Ubuntu * learn how to get involved in the community The sessions are planned for Saturday January 29th 2011, 09:45 UTC - Sunday January 30th 2011, 03:00 UTC You can access the Ubuntu User Day classes using your browser by clicking here[1] or by joining #ubuntu-classroom and #ubuntu-classroom-chat on the freenode IRC network using your favorite IRC client. Check out How to Participate for more information. [1] http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ubuntu-classroom%2Cubuntu-classroom-chat Here is the list of sessions. Please add 5.30 hrs with UTC to get Indian Time. IST = UTC + 5.30 January 29, 2011 ----------------------- Time (UTC) - Subject (and logs) - Presenter 08:30 - Introduction to User Day - nigelb, pleia2, nhandler 09:00 - Software Installation - shrini 10:00 - Networking and sharing files in Ubuntu - dnivra 11:00 - Cloud for users - Daviey 12:00 - Ubuntu One - ralsina 13:00 - Finding Help in Ubuntu - starcraftman 14:00 - How to fix a broken machine - popey 15:00 - Switching from OS X - aveilleux 16:00 - Tips and tricks for multi-booters - Cheri703 17:00 - Inkscape Introduction - doctormo 18:00 - Command Line Email Clients for Ubuntu - _marx_ 19:00 - Using IRC - IdleOne 20:00 - Accessibility apps - Pendulum 21:00 - Desktop Environments: Gnome, KDE, XFCE - maco and pleia2 22:00 - Command Line Basics - imbrandon 23:00 - Asking questions on Launchpad and Reporting bugs on Launchpad - charlie-tca January 30, 2011 ------------------------ 00:00 - Switching from Windows - cprofitt 01:00 - Entertaining and educating kids using Ubuntu - MichelleQ 02:00 - Linux Security Myth - maco 03:00 - Unity - jcastro and Dbo 04:00 - What's cooking in Ubuntu - jcastro All are welcome. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free/Open Source Jobs : http://fossjobs.in