I am posting this question on behalf of another CLUG member. Does anyone know of any decent Linux "How To" courses out there for beginners. I am being specific here about things like drive mounting, changing your desktops or display managers, maybe some distro differences, configuring sound, X, plugins for browsers like Java, MP3, mounting and using windows/fat partitions, getting your DVD player to work, formatting floppies....you know, all those things that a Windows user doesn have to think about much.
I am not meaning developer, certification or admin oriented courses, but the basic "How To" and "Getting Started" sorts of courses. Since I have had a few computer science courses in University as well as self-taught knowledge, I have a bias towards self-learning as most "official" computer courses, certainly computer science courses, seem to focus a great deal on specific technical and development knowledge for the developer, and there is little there for someone just wanting to learn to use his/her computer. But thats not their purpose anyway. I know this wont be the experiences of everyone, but it has been my own personal experience. Especially when I have seen people with a B.Sc in computer science who can code like the begeezus, but cant tell you how to improve the performance of Windows, change the settings for your display, or configure new hardware. Anyway, any suggestions would be appreciated and I do beleive I saw some postings here about some online "Linux for Newbies" stuff. I also suggested to this user that "Google Should Be His Friend" and a search or two on "Linux", "Linux for Beginners" etc should turn up lots of stuff. Thanks <hr> <b><font color=blue size=4>Open Enterprise Solutions</font></b> <b><font color=red>Linux & Open Source Solutions for Business</font></b> Johnny Stork, BA Calgary, AB Canada <a href="http://www.openenterprise.ca";> www.openenterprise.ca</a> --------------------------------------------------- The Webtop Personal Web-based Email System http://www.yourwebtop.com
