Comment 9 for bug 428181

@Marathongman. Are you sure you're testing a very recent build?. I've updated the files in revision 22268. So if you use a pre version (0, 1 or 2), you still use the old tutorials.
If you can't compile from SVN, could you please download the latest tutorial (http://inkscape.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/inkscape/inkscape/trunk/share/tutorials/tutorial-basic.svg) and open it with your inkscape version?
Thanks!