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Introduction to Linux as a Desktop Operating System

tux.thumbnail.jpg This is one of the most crucial modules of our Education programme as it introduces Linux as a Desktop Operating System to the users. After this talk, the attendees would discover how using Linux as their primary desktop Operating System empowers them by providing them much more functionality than Microsoft Windows, without having to pay anything for it.

Pre Requisites:Module 1

Target Audience: Class VI onwards

Talking Points:
  • What is an Operating System
  • What is Linux
  • What is GNU/Linux
  • What are distributions of Linux and how they are different from versions in Windows
  • What are different desktop environments in Linux
  • Time for some compiz magic on your desktop!
  • Linux != Windows (Linux is not Windows)
  • How to install software packages in Linux
  • Introducing the power of CLI(command line interface)

This talk will feature practical demonstration

Time duration for the talk: 1.5 hours