Announcing: Ubuntu User Days!

Ubuntu User Days was created to be a set of courses offered during a one day period to teach the beginning or intermediate Ubuntu user the basics to get them started with Ubuntu.  This will be held on Saturday, January 23rd, 2010.  There will be both an English and Spanish version of this, and perhaps more languages to come.

Here’s a list of the topics that will be covered:

• Introduction
• Switching to Ubuntu & Installation
• Command Line Basics
• Finding Helpful Resources
• Restricted Drivers
• Using Launchpad
• Seahorse and GnuPG
• Chosing Hardware That Works With Ubuntu
• Partitioning 101
• Ubuntu Equivalent Programs
• Getting Involved in the Ubuntu Community
• Trusted Software, Where to Find it, and Why
• Package Management Basics
• Using Ubuntu One
• Using IRC

Excited already?  Here’s how you can participate!

If you don’t have an IRC client installed, or don’t even know what an IRC client is, then you might want to try connecting to the channels using a web browser.  Click here to join in the discussion directly in your browser.

Use your IRC client (such as xchat, irssi or mIRC) to connect to the Freenode IRC network at irc.freenode.net. You can do this manually by typing:

/server irc.freenode.net

Then join #ubuntu-classroom for the time and date of the session you want to attend. You can manually join the channel by typing:

/join #ubuntu-classroom

To quiet various noise that happens in the IRC channels during the talk use this command (in supported clients only):

/ignore #ubuntu-classroom CRAP NOTICES SNOTES CTCPS JOINS PARTS QUITS KICKS MODES WALLOPS NICKS DCC DCCMSGS CLIENTNOTICES CLIENTCRAP CLIENTERRORS HILIGHTS

For more information, visit https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDays.