Digital-Divide/C2/How-to-use-FOSSEE-Netbook/English-timed
From Script | Spoken-Tutorial
| Time | Narration |
|---|---|
| 00:01 | Hello and welcome to the spoken tutorial on how to use the low cost FOSSEE Netbook, piloted at IIT Bombay. |
| 00:09 | In this tutorial, we will learn about: |
| 00:12 | the desktop of the FOSSEE Netbook, |
| 00:14 | some of the programs that it comes with and |
| 00:17 | how to update its operating system with newer releases. |
| 00:22 | We refer to it as the FOSSEE Netbook because |
| 00:26 | The FOSSEE Team:* came up with suitable specifications for it. |
| 00:30 | Tweaked the operating system |
| 00:32 | Came up with a software distribution and |
| 00:35 | provides updates and training. |
| 00:38 | The operating system is derived from the latest release of Ubuntu Linux. |
| 00:43 | The FOSSEE Netbook is a low cost laptop piloted at IIT Bombay. |
| 00:49 | Manufactured to its specifications by Basics Comtech Pvt. Ltd. |
| 00:55 | Has been designed for education and research. |
| 00:58 | And costs about Rs. 5,000 plus customs, taxes, etc. |
| 01:03 | To record this tutorial, I am using a FOSSEE Netbook |
| 01:08 | FOSSEE distribution of the GNU/Linux Operating System and |
| 01:12 | Kazam screen recorder version 1.4.5. |
| 01:17 | Let's now have a look at the FOSSEE Netbook. |
| 01:20 | This is what the FOSSEE Netbook looks like. |
| 01:24 | It is about 700gms in weight. |
| 01:28 | It has a 10 inch display and a touch-pad. |
| 01:31 | Has a front camera and two built-in speakers. |
| 01:35 | It has 2 regular USB ports, 1 mini HDMI port, 1 Lan port. |
| 01:43 | It has individual headphone and mic jacks for audio support. |
| 01:49 | It also has an SD card slot that can support up to 32GB. |
| 01:56 | It has a 5000 mAH battery. |
| 01:59 | It gives about 4 to 8 hours of backup, depending on the program used. |
| 02:04 | It has 1GB RAM and 8GB ROM. |
| 02:07 | It also has wi-fi and bluetooth support. |
| 02:11 | For more details about the hardware specifications, please visit http://netbook.fossee.in |
| 02:19 | For recovery/update/re-installation of FOSSEE OS, user should do the following. |
| 02:25 | Prepare the sdcard with instructions provided in netbook.fossee.in/recovery. |
| 02:33 | Poweroff the FOSSEE Netbook. |
| 02:35 | Insert the sdcard in the slot and then long press the Power key. |
| 02:41 | The screen should show a text message "Entering recovery mode...". |
| 02:46 | Select the appropriate option shown in the next screen. |
| 02:51 | What you see here is the Desktop of the FOSSEE Netbook with the FOSSEE OS. |
| 02:57 | By default, you will see some icons on the Desktop. |
| 03:01 | As with any computer, double-clicking on any icon will open the related application. |
| 03:09 | Here, at the bottom right, is the Network connection icon. |
| 03:15 | Currently it says “No network connection". |
| 03:18 | Let's learn how to connect to a network. |
| 03:21 | For wi-fi connections, simply click on the icon. |
| 03:25 | A list of already available connections is displayed. |
| 03:30 | You can connect to any one of them provided you know the wi-fi network password. |
| 03:35 | I will choose one of the available networks on my machine. |
| 03:40 | And then type the password and click on Connect button. |
| 03:46 | Notice the Network icon in the System Tray. |
| 03:50 | The icon has now changed. |
| 03:52 | It mentions the name of the network that I am now connected to. |
| 03:57 | Let's now turn our attention to the bottom left corner of the Desktop. |
| 04:03 | Here we find the Start menu which is the main menu. |
| 04:07 | The Start menu lists all the available software and applications in a categorized manner. |
| 04:14 | Click each category to know which software or applications are listed. |
| 04:21 | Let us look at some of them. |
| 04:24 | Education category has all of these applications listed. |
| 04:28 | Here we have Geogebra. |
| 04:31 | This is an outstanding free software to learn the concepts of algebra and geometry. |
| 04:37 | It is especially useful to students from 6th grade onwards. |
| 04:41 | The Spoken Tutorial project has created excellent tutorials to learn Geogebra. |
| 04:47 | These are available through http://spoken-tutorial.org free of cost. |
| 04:53 | You can see what this link looks like in the browser window. |
| 04:57 | And you can also see that these tutorials are available in many Indian languages. |
| 05:03 | There are many more such free software on the netbook with Spoken Tutorials on this page. |
| 05:10 | I will show them shortly. |
| 05:13 | Let’s come back to the Start menu. |
| 05:15 | Let’s see another software - Jmol. |
| 05:19 | This is very useful for viewing chemical structures like molecules, bonds, etc. in 3D. |
| 05:26 | The Spoken Tutorial website has tutorials on Jmol in many languages. |
| 05:33 | In the Start menu, let’s look at another category, say - Graphics. |
| 05:40 | Here you can see GIMP, Inkscape and XFig. |
| 05:46 | There are many spoken tutorials on GIMP, Inkscape and XFig on the Spoken Tutorial website. |
| 05:54 | You can use these tutorials to learn how to use these graphic software. |
| 06:01 | Let’s look at Internet category now and these are the options available here. |
| 06:07 | Here we have Firefox Web Browser. |
| 06:10 | And here are the spoken tutorials to learn how to use Firefox. |
| 06:15 | Once again, these are available in many Indian languages. |
| 06:20 | Under the Office category, we have the entire LibreOffice Suite -Writer, Calc, Impress, Base, Draw and Math. |
| 06:31 | We have tutorials to learn the entire LibreOffice Suite on the Spoken Tutorial website. |
| 06:37 | Let’s move to the Programming category. |
| 06:40 | Here we can see iPython. |
| 06:43 | There is a Python series on the Spoken Tutorial website. |
| 06:47 | We also have Scilab here. |
| 06:50 | Once again, we have tutorials on how to learn Scilab on the Spoken Tutorial website. |
| 06:56 | We have some IDEs too like Code Blocks and Geany. |
| 07:01 | Spoken Tutorials for these are not yet available. |
| 07:05 | But if you do an Internet search, you will find useful learning material on these also. |
| 07:12 | Let us look at the applications available under Sound & Video. |
| 07:17 | So, we have Audacity which is used to record audio tracks |
| 07:22 | and here are the tutorials to learn to use Audacity. |
| 07:26 | Preferences has options to customize the Desktop, Keyboard, Monitor, Network etc. |
| 07:33 | Let's click on Customize Look and Feel option. |
| 07:37 | We are in the Widget tab, by default. |
| 07:40 | Here, one can change the default theme of the displayed windows. |
| 07:45 | Choose the theme that you prefer from the given list. |
| 07:51 | We will learn about all the other tabs and their options in detail, in later tutorials. |
| 07:57 | Logout is the option to use to either shutdown, lock the screen or logout. |
| 08:03 | Let me click on the Cancel button. |
| 08:05 | The icon next to the Start menu is the shortcut to the Desktop. |
| 08:10 | Let’s click on it. |
| 08:12 | It iconifys all the open windows and displays only the Desktop. |
| 08:18 | Now, on the Desktop, let us look at some of the icons. |
| 08:23 | Here we have the Terminal. |
| 08:25 | This is the command line interface. |
| 08:28 | To learn how to use the Terminal, please refer to the BOSS Linux, Spoken Tutorial series. |
| 08:34 | The File Manager functions like the My Computer option in Windows OS. |
| 08:39 | You can navigate to any folder or file, from this window. |
| 08:47 | The Software Center helps to install all the software that we want. |
| 08:58 | Language Support lists all the languages supported by the FOSSEE OS. |
| 09:05 | Notice a pdf named Readme on the desktop. |
| 09:10 | Please open this pdf and read it. |
| 09:17 | It gives you a brief overview of the Netbook. |
| 09:27 | With this, we come to the end of this tutorial on How to use the FOSSEE Netbook. |
| 09:33 | The video at the following link summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project. Please watch it. |
| 09:40 | The Spoken Tutorial project team -conducts workshops and gives certificates on passing online tests. |
| 09:48 | For more details, write to us. |
| 09:51 | Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by NMEICT, MHRD, Govt of India. |
| 09:57 | More details on this mission is available at this link. |
| 10:04 | This is Nancy Varkey from IIT Bombay, signing off. Thank you for watching. |
