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Computer Science
Welcome to this class!

Now that we are starting a new school year, we're going to need a little warming up.

What better warming up than installing a Dual Boot System in our computers so we can use alternatively Windows and Linux?
Sounds challenging? Well, it actually is! Before getting that far though, let's start by installing some useful applications, in case they were not set up in your computer yet.

Later on, you'll be asked to click on this link, Dual Boot, and read the directions for setting up a dual boot system. We'll go over them in class, and believe me, if you follow them carefully you'll be able to prepare your computer so it can run Two Different Operating Systems without crashing every time you turn it on!
Mozilla Firefox
AVG Antivirus
LibreOffice
KompoZer
GIMP
Inkscape
Audacity
Avidemux
 To get started, install the programs shown on the left from within your Windows operating system. All of them are Free Software and they will be used as our default applications to browse the web, protect our computer from viruses and other malware, and produce nice office documents and web pages.

Later on, we will also learn how to edit bitmap images, vector graphics, audio files and video. Further information on where to download this programs from, can be found by clicking the button Useful Links shown on the far left column of this page. Help will also be provided in class. Don't hesitate to ask your teacher, should you run into trouble.

Basic Concepts
Once you have LibreOffice installed, answer Worksheet #1

Next fill out Worksheet #2 and email it to me.

Read Herman's guide on Things You Should Do First, in order to prepare for installing Ubuntu to hard disk.
Operating Systems

 And now, it's time to finally install Ubuntu Linux to your computer. Click the


 link and follow all directions Very Carefully.

unity shellUbuntu comes by default with the Unity Shell. Maybe you want to check out another approach. In that case you can,


If you want to try out this dual boot installation without the possibility to harm your computer, there's VirtualBox. VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. It lets you create a Virtual Machine where you can install different operating system without actually affecting your physical computer. Follow the next link to see how to do this:Gnome Shell 1


Once you are done installing the dual boot system, it is recommended that you proceed with the next link in order to be able to make use of the files in your 'real' computer from the 'virtual' one.


And finally, to have a perfectly tuned up system, the next links provide some useful tips. Check them out and see what you can do



Other assignments:


  1. Create a new document using LibreOffice Word Processor. Click any of the links below if you want to see a sample document for you to reproduce. Be careful when formatting. The fonts, indents, margins, colors, etc must be exactly the same as shown in the sample. You should also use styles when formatting your document.

    2. Hibernation:      Page 1      Page 2      Page 3
    Periodic Table:     Page 1     Change the backgrounds of the different cells to show the characteristics of the elements. Add colors and a legend to show their meaning.
    TechTerm Review:     Page 1     Page 2

  2. Research the immigrant population in your home state. Find out the number of immigrants for each year during the last ten years. Determine also the makeup of the immigrant population according to their country of origin. Use LibreOffice Spreadsheet to register all the data you gathered in a table. Make charts to help better visualize these data.

  3. Make a Presentation with LibreOffice Impress. Include at least 5 slides. The topic will be the evolution of the number of immigrants in your home state. Use the charts you created in step three. Add comments regarding what you think the reasons are for that evolution (economic, cultural, social, political, geographical, ...) Also explain the differences according to their country of origin.

Web Pages


Graphics
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  1. Use two pictures that you have or get them from the Internet. With GIMP mix them to get something like the one above. Don't forget to add a frame.

  2. Using GIMP, remove the red eye from one picture of yourself. There are many good tutorials on how to do this, so I'll just show you one example of what you are being asked to do:
    3. red-eye effect           red-eye effect removed

  3. Perform some special effects on a picture. What efects you choose is up to you, but to help you decide, here are a couple of them that other students did before:
    4. alex     andré

  4. Now let's move on to other graphics program: Inkscape. The difference between GIMP and Inkscape is that the former deals with raster graphics and the latter with vector graphics. Below you'll see the images you have to make with Inkscape.
    5. rectangles
    shapes
    ridge
    gradients


  5. And now it's time to try some Béziers. Try to make a heart and a butterfly but BE CREATIVE, so don't just copy them.
    6. heartbutterfly

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