Virtual Sky 5 Minute Tutorials
Short and simple tutorials for the
GNU/Linux desktop.

You will need a browser with the ability to play Macromedia
Flash files to watch some of the tutorials on this site.
You can learn a lot in 5 minutes!

Mandriva Tutorials1. Mandriva

Tutorials specifically made for Mandriva desktop users

1.1 Ripping CDs Under KDE 3.5
Learn how easy it is to rip your favorite CDs into MP3s or OGGs with the help of Mandriva 2007 and the KDE 3.5 desktop. - (2.9MB)

1.2 Formatting a USB Storage Device

 In this tutorial you will learn how to format a USB mass storage device with the use of the Mandriva Control Center (MCC). - (1.7MB)

1.3 Print PDFs From Within Any Application

 Some applications, like OpenOffice, give you the ability to easily create PDFs of your documents.  In this tutorial you'll learn how to make PDFs of almost any document with the help of KDE's Kprinter tool. - (1.4MB)

1.4 Introduction to the Linux File System Hierarchy

 This tutorial explains important points about the Mandriva / Linux file system, including directory structures and where certain files are stored on your hard drive.  
This tutorial was kindly donated to us by Mandriva communtiy member, Dexter11. - (0.4MB)

Desktop Tutorials2. Desktop

Tutorials to help manage your desktop environment

2.1 Moving Application Windows Between Virtual Desktops

  
 This tutorial shows you how easy it is to move open applications between virtual desktops.  This can be done with most modern desktop environments, like KDE, Gnome and XFCE.  This demo. was made using XFCE. - (0.4MB)



Office Tutorials3. Office

Tutorials relating to office suite software

3.1 Adding 3D to Your OpenOffice Documents
This tutorial shows you how easy it is to enhance your documents in OpenOffice by using OODraw to convert charts created in OOCalc into 3D objects. - (1.0MB)



3.2 Conditional Formatting Within OpenOffice Calc
In this tutorial you will see how you can format cells based on their content using the Conditional Formatting function in OpenOffice Calc. - (1.1MB)
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