Here are some crude comparisons that are helping me to understand and use Linux: My next steps will be
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Linux: accessing the command line in Gnome, acting as the root user, setting the resolution, shutting down Linux, adding and removing software to and from the shortcut menu
Accessing the command line: click on Activities on the top left of the desktop then type Terminal and click on the Terminal image.Using the root User: in a terminal window type ‘su -‘. You will be prompted to enter the root password. This is not the recommended way to run commands – sudo is safer …
Installing Debian (Linux) and Gnome (graphical desktop) on VirtualBox (Oracle)
I tried to dual-boot Debian (Linux) on my Windows Computer but there was not enough space (or – it would have taken too much time to create the space to do it) so instead I installed VirtualBox and then installed Debian on a Virtual Machine. I used these instructions and they worked very wellhttps://tandiljuan.github.io/en/blog/2025/07/debian-virtualbox-install-guide/ Once …
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Apache: local websites
Three things need to be working for you to be able to use websites on your computer as if they were on the internet (the internet includes your computer, but that’s another story). Apache – this is a program that ‘serves’ websites to internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera, etc.). There are …
Wired Networking
Debian\Linux Click on ‘Show Applications’ (which is the equivalent of the ‘Start’ menu in Windows) then type ‘Settings’ and click on the ‘Settings’ image. In the left hand menu click on ‘Network’ and in the ‘Wired’ section that appears in the main window you will see a ‘cog’ button. Click on this to see information …
A second Carbon X1 that I bought
I bought a second Lenovo Carbon X1 from www.tier1online.com because it was £200 even though it has a lower specification than my other one. Then I moved my personal documents onto the new computer. Now I have to choose which one to switch on before I do any work and I sometimes have to send …
iMac that I bought
I bought an iMac from www.tier1online.com because I thought it would be good to learn how to use one and because it was £109 and had a 20 inch screen! The specification is Grade Refurb Type iMac 20″ Processor Intel Core2 Duo E8135 2.66GHz Resolution 1680×1050 Memory 4GB Hard Disk 320GB Operating System Yosemite
Raspberry Pi that I bought
I bought a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B kit from thepihut.com (which has 4GB of memory, a case, a power lead, an HDMI cable and a 16GB SD card) Then I bought an HDMI to VGA cable because my monitor only had a VGA input. Finally I bought an HDMI to HDMI coupler because the …
Sharing files
I wanted to create a shared drive in the same way that you can map a network drive in Windows, but on Debian\Linux and on a Mac Debian\Linux I used the instructions on this page: https://www.codedonut.com/raspberry-pi/mount-network-share-raspberry-pi/ Before using them I opened Terminal and entered ‘sudo apt install cifs-utils’ to install the cifs file sharing service …
DELAY – Stability vs. Help!
Huge apologies to anyone who was following these posts. I tried to install the git version control software some time ago using the instructions in the user manual and it trashed a lot of the things that I already had installed, including main bits of the Debian/Linux operating system itself. This put me off somewhat. …