[Wlug] Information for Linux newbies?

[Eric Martin]

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Kevin Harrington wrote:
> As i mentioned at the meeting this past week I am going to be
> giving a seminar for linux newbies  and would like to pull from
> people that know better then i do on what i should teach people.
> What i would like to know is: What are some things that you wish
> you had known as a newbie? Think back to your very first linux
> install and any short-cuts, tips, tricks, and gatcha's that would
> make peoples first experience easier. There is a lot of windows
> resentment after the slow trainwreck that is vista, so lets see if
> we can get a few new converts!
My biggest thing would be to explain to people (at all levels) how to
do what they are currently doing.  Firefox for browsing, OO.o for
Office stuff, gimp for photoshop, etc.  I also agree with Tim in
pitching to your audience, and Andy has a great point with making sure
stuff works via LiveCDs.  When I was a newbie I just wanted to read
books on all the stuff.  If you have some people like that, I'd point
them to their distro docs / google.

HTH
Eric
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