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|| Move the mouse to the '''launcher'''  
 
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'''Dash home'''  is an interface which gives access to all  '''applications'''  in  '''Ubuntu Linux,'''  within a screen.  
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'''Dash home'''  is an interface which gives access to all  '''applications'''  in  '''Ubuntu Linux,'''  within a screen.  
 
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|| In the Search Bar >> type gedit >> click on Text Editor icon.
 
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Type “Hello World”  
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Type “Hello World”  
 
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For example, type '''"Hello World"'''.  
 
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'''.txt '''is the default file extension of a '''text file'''.
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'''.txt '''is the default extension of a '''text file'''.
 
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|| Select Desktop as location  >> click on Save button.  
 
|| Select Desktop as location  >> click on Save button.  
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|| Move to desktop area and select the Hello.txt file.  
 
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This means our '''text file'''  was saved successfully.  
 
This means our '''text file'''  was saved successfully.  
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|| '''SLIDE'''
 
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|| The '''Internet'''  has a lot of information on '''gedit Text Editor''' .  
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|| The '''Internet'''  has a lot of information on '''gedit Text Editor'''.  
  
 
There are some spoken tutorials available on this topic also, on this website.  
 
There are some spoken tutorials available on this topic also, on this website.  
 
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|| Close the gedit text editor
 
|| Close the gedit text editor
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|| Let's close this '''text editor'''  and look at another '''application'''  i.e the '''Terminal''' .  
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|| Let's close this '''text editor'''  and look at another '''application'''  i.e the '''Terminal'''.  
 
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|| So let's go to '''Dash home, ''' once again.
  
  
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Now type the word '''terminal ''' in the '''search bar field'''.  
 
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|| Click on the '''Terminal''' icon.
 
|| Click on the '''Terminal''' icon.
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Highlight '''Home'''
 
Highlight '''Home'''
  
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|| You can see a list  of all the '''files'''  and '''folders'''  in the current '''directory''' .  
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|| You can see a list  of all the '''files'''  and '''folders'''  in the current '''directory'''.  
  
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Here, it is displaying '''files ''' and '''folders ''' from the '''Home folder''' .  
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Here, it is displaying '''files ''' and '''folders ''' from the '''Home folder'''.  
  
 
We will see later in this tutorial what the '''Home folder'''  is.  
 
We will see later in this tutorial what the '''Home folder'''  is.  
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|| '''SLIDE'''
 
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|| '''Terminal ''' commands are explained well, in the '''Linux'''  spoken tutorial series on this website .
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|| '''Terminal ''' commands are explained well, in the '''Linux'''  spoken tutorial series on this website.
 
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|| Come to desktop
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|| Come to Desktop
 
|| Now, let's move on to another '''application'''  i.e '''Firefox Web Browser.'''  
 
|| Now, let's move on to another '''application'''  i.e '''Firefox Web Browser.'''  
 
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|| Go to Dash home and type Firefox  
 
|| Go to Dash home and type Firefox  
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|| Once again, open '''Dash home .'''
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|| Once again, open '''Dash home.'''
  
  
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Type '''Firefox ''' in the '''search bar'''.  
 
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|| Click on Firefox
 
|| Click on the '''Firefox Web Browser ''' icon.  
 
|| Click on the '''Firefox Web Browser ''' icon.  
 
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|| '''Firefox Web Browser ''' is used to access the '''world wide web.'''  
 
|| '''Firefox Web Browser ''' is used to access the '''world wide web.'''  
  
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Now we can see that '''Firefox browser '''window is open.  
 
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|| When firefox opens
 
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|| Mouse-over '''Writer, Base, Math, Calc, Draw''' and '''Impress '''(in the order displayed)
 
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|| You'll see various '''Libre Office ''' components like  
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|| You'll see various '''LibreOffice ''' components like  
  
 
'''Calc, Impress, Writer '''and''' Draw'''
 
'''Calc, Impress, Writer '''and''' Draw'''
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|| Mouse-over Movie player
 
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|| In th e displayed list, we have one '''application'''  named '''Videos.'''  
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|| Insert pen-drive in the USB
 
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|| If it does not open, we can access it from the '''launcher'''.  
 
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If we click on it, it shows the '''files'''  and '''folders'''  available on the '''pen-drive'''.  
 
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|| Select movie file
 
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|| Now let's see some other important things on this '''Desktop''' .  
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|| Notice the '''folder icon'''  present in the '''launcher''' .  
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|| We can say that the '''Home folder ''' is "our house", where we can store our '''files'''  and '''folders''' .  
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Unless we permit, others cannot see them.   
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Unless we permit, others cannot see them.   
  
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More information on '''file permissions'''  is available in the '''Linux'''  spoken tutorial series .
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More information on '''file permissions'''  is available in the '''Linux'''  spoken tutorial series.
 
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|| Point to Desktop, Documents, Videos, Downloads one by one  
 
|| Point to Desktop, Documents, Videos, Downloads one by one  
 
|| Let’s switch back.
 
|| Let’s switch back.
  
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In our '''Home folder''' , we can see other '''folders'''  such a s,
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In our '''Home folder''', we can see other '''folders'''  such a s,
  
 
'''Desktop, Documents, Downloads,'''  etc.  
 
'''Desktop, Documents, Downloads,'''  etc.  
 
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Let ’s open the '''Desktop folder ''' by double -clicking on it.  
 
Let ’s open the '''Desktop folder ''' by double -clicking on it.  
 
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|| Select hello.txt file
 
|| Select hello.txt file
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|| He re, we can see that the same '''"hello.txt" ''' file that we saved from the '''text editor'''.  
  
 
So this '''folder ''' and the '''Desktop ''' are the same.  
 
So this '''folder ''' and the '''Desktop ''' are the same.  
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*  the '''Ubuntu Desktop''',   
 
*  the '''launcher''' and some of the '''icons'''  available on it  
 
*  the '''launcher''' and some of the '''icons'''  available on it  
 
*  few common '''applications''' like '''Calculator, Text Editor, Terminal, Firefox Web Browser, Videos '''and '''LibreOffice Suite''' components  
 
*  few common '''applications''' like '''Calculator, Text Editor, Terminal, Firefox Web Browser, Videos '''and '''LibreOffice Suite''' components  

Latest revision as of 17:35, 31 August 2018

Title of the script: Ubuntu Desktop 16.04

Author: Spoken Tutorial Team


Visual Cue Narration
Starting slide Hello and welcome to this spoken tutorial on Ubuntu L inux Desktop 16.04.
Learning Objective In this tutorial we will learn about
  • Ubuntu Linux Desktop on the gnome environment
  • And some common applications on the Ubuntu Desktop
System Requirements To record this tutorial, I am using Ubuntu Linux 1 6.04 O S.
Go to desktop The Ubuntu desktop looks like this.
Point to the launcher bar You'll see the launcher on the left hand side of the screen.
Click on the wheel icon (at the extreme right corner of the desktop screen) How can we hide the launcher?
Launcher >> click on System Settings To do so, go to the launcher on the left side.


Click on the System Settings icon.

Click System Settings >> Appearance In the System Settings window, click on Appearance.
Click on Behavior In the Appearance window, click on the Behavior tab.
Switch Auto-hide the Launcher to ON


Here, switch Auto-hide the Launcher to ON position.


Now, the launcher will be hidden.

Show desktop without the launcher If the launcher is hidden, as shown here, then how can we make it visible again?
Move the cursor to the extreme left of the screen To do so, move the cursor to the extreme left of the screen.


The launcher will become visible.

Move the mouse away Move the cursor away and the launcher will get hidden again.
Appearance window >> Switch Auto-hide the Launcher to ON Switch back to the Appearance window and turn Auto-hide the Launcher to OFF position.
Close this window Close this window by clicking on the tiny X icon at the top left of the window.
Point to the icons Notice, there are some icons on the launcher, by default.
Move the mouse to the launcher At the top of the launcher, you can see the Dash home icon.


Dash home is an interface which gives access to all applications in Ubuntu Linux, within a screen.

Click on Dash home To open Dash home, click on it.
Point to the search bar, Applications, Files & Folders Prominently at the top, you'll see the search bar field.


Now, how do we locate a particular application?


Just type in the name of the application you are looking for, and you will find it instantly.


It's that simple!

Let’s try to locate the Calculator application.
In the search bar >> type Calc So, in the search bar field, type C a l c.
Point to LibreOffice Calc and Calculator All the applications that have c a l c in their name, will be listed.


Observe here - both LibreOffice Calc and Calculator are listed.

Click on Calculator >> come to the Calculator window Click on the Calculator icon.


The Calculator application now opens on the screen.

Mouse-over calculator Calculator helps perform arithmetic, scientific or financial calculations.
Let us try some simple calculation.
Type 5*8 >> press = Type 5 asterix 8 and click on the equal to sign.
Instead of clicking on the equal to sign, you can also press the Enter key on the keyboard.
Point to the answer. The answer is displayed on the Calculator.
Likewise, we can do all sort of calculations using the Calculator application.
Click on X icon Now exit this Calculator by clicking on the tiny X icon at the top left of the window.


<<PAUSE>>

Let’s get familiar with some other important applications in Ubuntu Linux OS.
Mouse on the desktop area For that, we will go back to Dash home.
In the Search Bar >> type gedit >> click on Text Editor icon. In the Search bar, let’s type gedit.


gedit is the default Text Editor in the Ubuntu Linux OS.


The Text Editor icon appears below. Let’s click on it t o open it.

Mouse on gedit Text Editor What you see right now on the screen, is the gedit Text Editor window.


Type “Hello World”

Let me type some text here.


For example, type "Hello World".

To save the file, press Ctrl and S keys simultaneously on the keyboard.
Click on File->save Alternately, we can click on File and then on Save.
“Save as ” dialog comes up Now, a dialog box named “Save as” opens up.

It asks for a filename and the location where the file has to be saved.

Type “Hello.txt” as filename. So let’s type the name as "Hello.txt".


.txt is the default extension of a text file.

Select Desktop as location >> click on Save button. And for location, let’s select Desktop.


And click on the Save button at the bottom.

Click on 'X' icon gedit text editor. Let's close this gedit window now by clicking on the tiny X icon at the top left of the window.
Move to desktop area and select the Hello.txt file. On the Desktop, we can see the file Hello.txt.

This means our text file was saved successfully.

Double click on hello.txt file Let me open this file by double-clicking on it.


See, our text file has opened with our written text.

SLIDE The Internet has a lot of information on gedit Text Editor.

There are some spoken tutorials available on this topic also, on this website.

Close the gedit text editor Let's close this text editor and look at another application i.e the Terminal.
Click on dash home and type terminal. So let's go to Dash home, once again.


Now type the word terminal in the search bar field.

Click on the Terminal icon. Click on the Terminal icon, that appears below.
Mouse on Terminal window The terminal window opens on the screen.


Please note: The shortcut to open the Terminal is Ctrl+Alt+T keys.

SLIDE The terminal is also called the command line.


This is because you can command the computer from here.


In fact it is more powerful than the GUI.

Place your cursor on terminal Let me switch back to the Terminal window.
Type ls >> press Enter Now let ’s type a simple command to get a feel of the terminal.

Type 'ls' and press Enter.

Move the cursor over the result of the command

Highlight Home

You can see a list of all the files and folders in the current directory.

Here, it is displaying files and folders from the Home folder.

We will see later in this tutorial what the Home folder is.

We will not spend any more time with the terminal now.
Click on X icon Close the terminal by clicking on the tiny X icon at the top left of the window.
SLIDE Terminal commands are explained well, in the Linux spoken tutorial series on this website.
Come to Desktop Now, let's move on to another application i.e Firefox Web Browser.
Go to Dash home and type Firefox Once again, open Dash home.


Type Firefox in the search bar.

Click on Firefox Click on the Firefox Web Browser icon.
As firefox opens Firefox Web Browser is used to access the world wide web.

Now we can see that Firefox browser window is open.

When firefox opens Let ’s go to the spoken tutorial website.

For that, click on the address bar or press F6 on the keyboard.

Type "http://spoken-tutorial.org” Now let’s type "spoken-tutorial.org" and press Enter.
If you have Internet connectivity, then Firefox will connect to the given website.
Mouse-over the page The Spoken Tutorial Homepage opens on the browser.
Click on X icon Let's close this as explained earlier, and move on to the next application.
Go to dash home and type Office So, let's go to Dash home once again and type office in the search bar.
Mouse-over Writer, Base, Math, Calc, Draw and Impress (in the order displayed) You'll see various LibreOffice components like

Calc, Impress, Writer and Draw

LibreOffice is the default office application in Ubuntu Linux OS.

Excellent tutorials for all these components are available on the Spoken Tutorial website.
Come back to desktop Now let's explore the Video option.
Goto dash home and type Video Type video in the search bar.
Mouse-over Movie player In the displayed list, we have one application named Videos.
Click on Movie player Videos is used to play videos and songs.

By default, it plays open format video files only.

Movie player opens So le t me play a sample file from my pen-drive.
Insert pen-drive in the USB Now I am inserting my pen-drive in a usb slot on my machine.

The pen-drive folder has opened automatically.

Close if pen-drive opens. If it does not open, we can access it from the launcher.
Click bottom left icon.

Click the bottom left icon again.

Locate the pen-drive icon on the launcher.

If we click on it, it shows the files and folders available on the pen-drive.

Select movie file Now I will select the movie file big buck bunny.ogv to play.
Double click on movie file Here is my file.

I will double-click on it, to open it.

Movie file opens It opens in Videos, by default.
Stop the movie. Let's stop playing the movie.
Press Ctrl, Windows and D keys Let us now press Ctrl, Windows and D keys to go to the Desktop.
Press Ctrl+windows+D keys Now let's see some other important things on this Desktop.
Mouse over Home folder icon in launcher Notice the folder icon present in the launcher.
Click on Home folder Let's click on it.

The Home folder opens.

Mouse over Home folder Every user has a unique Home folder in Ubuntu Linux.
SLIDE We can say that the Home folder is "our house", where we can store our files and folders.

Unless we permit, others cannot see them.

More information on file permissions is available in the Linux spoken tutorial series.

Point to Desktop, Documents, Videos, Downloads one by one Let’s switch back.

In our Home folder, we can see other folders such a s,

Desktop, Documents, Downloads, etc.

Click on desktop folder In Linux, everything is a file.

Let ’s open the Desktop folder by double -clicking on it.

Select hello.txt file He re, we can see that the same "hello.txt" file that we saved from the text editor.

So this folder and the Desktop are the same.

Close this folder Let me close this folder now.

That’s all for this tutorial. Let us summarise.

Summary In this tutorial we learnt about
  • the Ubuntu Desktop,
  • the launcher and some of the icons available on it
  • few common applications like Calculator, Text Editor, Terminal, Firefox Web Browser, Videos and LibreOffice Suite components
  • and the Home folder
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Previous slide The script for this tutorial has been contributed by the Spoken Tutorial Team.

And this is Praveen from IIT Bombay signing off.

Thanks for joining.

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