[brlug-newbies] 1st of two Linux SIG Workshops

[Richards Jr, Edward C.]

Greetings all, 

As many of you are aware, we have increased the number of Linux Desktop SIG Workshops by 100% and we will now be meeting on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month in the computer lab at the Clickers Office. This coming Monday, June 5th with be the first workshop of the month.  

In this months workshop we will look at all of the many features of the Xandros File Manager, also known as XFM. Some of its features are also applicable to other file managers like Konqueror and others, but most of them don't do automatic network browsing, CD/DVD burning, or automatic mounting of
storage devices. 

We will also do a segment on  how to connect to the internet using a dial up modem. 

Will Hill will do a segment on using virtual desktops. Virtual desktops help you organize your work and to multi-task using different desktops for different tasks. For example, you can use one virtual desktop for programming, another for e-mail, and another for reading help files. In Xandros, you have two virtual desktops by default, but you can have up to 16 and each one can even have its own unique name. 

To wrap up the workshop, Joe Zachary will do a segment on how to find and install themes on your KDE desktop. He will cover things like how to make your Linux box behave and look like a Mac or a Win XP, or even a Win 3.1 machine, and most anything else that one can think up. For a preview of this take a look here: 

www.kde-look.org

Finally, if you want to look at or download any of the past workshop slide shows, or find out about other things that we are doing, have a look here:

http://lists.clickers.org/linuxsig

IF you are a member of CCCC, be sure to go here:

http://www.clickers.org/register/index.asp

and sign up for the workshop to be sure that you will have a machine to work on as we do the workshop. 

Also, remember that we will try and answer any of your questions during the first 15 minutes of the workshop, so if you have any, bring 'em on. See everyone Monday evening, 


Ed Richards




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