Digital-Divide/C2/How-to-use-FOSSEE-Netbook/English-timed

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.

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