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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