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User Guide to Using the Linux Desktop
UNDP-APDIP International Open Source Network (IOSN) has released Linux end user training materials. "User Guide to Using the Linux Desktop" is an introductory guide for a user to use a modern personal computer (PC) running the Linux operating system. The main aim is to provide a self-learning guide on how to use a modern Linux desktop system. It assumes that the user has no prior knowledge of Linux or PC usage.
After going through the guide the reader should be in a position to start using a Linux desktop for both personal and office use. It covers Internet access and applications such as email and browsers, managing files and folders and how to use the OpenOffice suite to produce and print simple documents and presentation materials.
User Guide to Using the Linux Desktop
All materials released under the Creative Commons Attribution License
About IOSN
The International Open Source Network (IOSN) is a Center of Excellence for FOSS in the Asia-Pacific Region. It shapes its activities around Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) technologies and applications. Via a small secretariat, the IOSN is tasked specifically to facilitate and network FOSS advocates and human resources in the region. The vision is that developing countries in the Asia-Pacific Region can achieve rapid and sustained economic and social development by using affordable yet effective FOSS ICT solutions to bridge the digital divide.
About APDIP
The Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP) is an initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) that aims to promote the development and application of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for poverty alleviation and sustainable human development in the Asia-Pacific region.
