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- 2023-02-07 22:33
- Forum: Beginners Questions
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- 2023-02-07 22:08
- Forum: Beginners Questions
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systemd
B5) systemd systemd is a software suite that provides an array of system components for Linux[7] operating systems. Its main aim is to unify service configuration and behavior across Linux distributions;[8] Its primary component is a "system and service manager"—an init system used to boot...
- 2023-02-07 22:07
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Miscellaneous useful commands
B4.3) Miscellaneous useful commands: There is no limit to the commands that can be run from a terminal, since the name of every program that is installed in your command path becomes a useable command. However the following commands are particularly useful. `apropos string` lists commands whose brie...
- 2023-02-07 22:06
- Forum: Beginners Questions
- Topic: Beginner's Guide
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File and folder handling commands
B4.2) File and folder handling commands: These commands duplicate the work of graphical file managers like nautilus, Konqueror and thunar, but they are often a lot faster, especially when processing large directories. cd pathname Goes to the specified directory. Without pathname, goes to the home di...
- 2023-02-07 22:06
- Forum: Beginners Questions
- Topic: Beginner's Guide
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Commands
B4) Commands: B4.1) Commands for processing the contents of files: Linux has a number of commands which enable you to look inside files. Here are a few of them. cat filename: Lists the contents of a file to the terminal. file filename: Shows the type of data that a file contains: e.g. ascii text, sh...
- 2023-02-07 22:06
- Forum: Beginners Questions
- Topic: Beginner's Guide
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Editors
B3) Editors: Graphical editors: Watch this space. Command-line editors: CLI. Every Linux distribution includes at least one command-line editor. These editors work independently of the graphical X interface and can therefore be used for rescue and repair work even if X is down. They can also be used...
- 2023-02-07 22:05
- Forum: Beginners Questions
- Topic: Beginner's Guide
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File Permissions
B2) File Permissions: In Linux, every file and folder belongs to some user who can, in principle, control other users' access to it. Access rights are known as "permissions" and there are three types: read, write and execute. Read allows you access to the file on a read-only basis; applied...
- 2023-02-07 22:04
- Forum: Beginners Questions
- Topic: Beginner's Guide
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Additional information
B) Additional information: B1) Learning more: common tasks: I may add to the sections below as and when. If anyone wants to contribute any of the below or suggest new section's in the same or similar "bite sized chunks" feel free to PM me on the debian.forums. If I can add it with out dest...
- 2023-02-07 22:04
- Forum: Beginners Questions
- Topic: Beginner's Guide
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Window Managers
7) Window Managers:overview. A window manager controls the window your GUI applications run in. How you Move ,expand, hide, shrink, them, and how they inter-react with each other. There are three basic types. Compositing, Stacking, and Tiling. Composting tend to be part of a Desktop environment. Som...
- 2023-02-07 22:02
- Forum: Beginners Questions
- Topic: Beginner's Guide
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Desktop environments
6) Desktop environments: Under Windows and Mac OS you have a very limited choice as to your desktop environment (the actual interface displayed on the screen), DE for short. You get what you're given. It's a monoculture based on their file manager - Windows explorer in Micosoft Windows, and the Find...
- 2023-02-07 22:01
- Forum: Beginners Questions
- Topic: Beginner's Guide
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The concept of Root and user
5.5) The concept of Root and user: "root is the user name or account that by default has access to all commands and files on a Linux or other Unix-like operating system. It is also referred to as the root account, root user and the superuser. " Ref: http://www.linfo.org/root.html An ordina...
- 2023-02-07 22:01
- Forum: Beginners Questions
- Topic: Beginner's Guide
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The basic system file structure
5.4)The basic system file structure: If you come from Microsoft Windows you may well be wondering where the C, D, or E drive is! It's gone. If you come from Mac OSX, being based on BSD, the file structure may be more familiar. In Debian there is a single / root directory (folder) with everything pla...
- 2023-02-07 22:00
- Forum: Beginners Questions
- Topic: Beginner's Guide
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The graphical display
5.3) The graphical display: (referred to as "X" or as "X Windows") The X Window System is a Free (Mit licensed), cross-platform system for managing a windowed GUI (graphical user interface). If you don't want to be looking at a blank screen with a flashing cursor you will need th...
- 2023-02-07 21:59
- Forum: Beginners Questions
- Topic: Beginner's Guide
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Installing software
5.2) Installing software: A default desktop installation will already be set up to let you update, install, and uninstall software from the internet. Getting software from the Debian repositories or CD's and DVD's if you have no internet or a poor connection, can be done with the command line tools,...
- 2023-02-07 21:58
- Forum: Beginners Questions
- Topic: Beginner's Guide
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Running Debian
5) Running Debian: 5.1)The command line: You may never want to use the command line interface (CLI). If that's the case, fine, but there will be times when you need to, and have to. It's a fundamental part of running a GNU/Linux system, so it's worth getting used to the basics at least... http://lin...
- 2023-02-07 21:57
- Forum: Beginners Questions
- Topic: Beginner's Guide
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Installing Debian
4.4) Installing Debian: There are many great “how-to's” on installing Debian, but you need to consider some questions before installation. Do I want or need to dual boot with another OS? Have I backed up my data in a suitable format? Will my hardware work with Debian? Can I revert if it all goes awr...
- 2023-02-07 21:56
- Forum: Beginners Questions
- Topic: Beginner's Guide
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Debian installation media
4.3) Debian installation media: Getting Debian. You will usually be downloading a Debian image, copying to USB drive, or burning it to CD or DVD and using that to install Debian on your hardware. Select a mirror site to download from that is closest to your geographical area. You only need the first...
- 2023-02-07 21:50
- Forum: Beginners Questions
- Topic: Beginner's Guide
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Debian Live-CDs
4.2) Debian Live-CDs: trying Debian with a live CD. (DVD or USB) Note:- while commonly still referred to as "Live CD", all live images are now too large for a CD and need to be written to either a DVD or USB drive. One aid may be a "live CD". This is a version of Debian running o...
- 2023-02-07 21:49
- Forum: Beginners Questions
- Topic: Beginner's Guide
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Getting Started
4)Getting Started 4.1) Preliminaries: As a new user your first task is to make sure you gather as much detail as you can about your system. If you are still using another OS, use that to learn as much as you can. You'll want to know information like processor type, graphics card, motherboard or lapt...
- 2023-02-07 21:48
- Forum: Beginners Questions
- Topic: Beginner's Guide
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The Debian Project
3) The Debian Project: What is Debian? A little background: Debian is an operating system, performing the same job as Microsoft Windows and Mac OSX do: running your computer. It has several major differences. It's Free in terms of both liberty and cost, and you are free to contribute to it. Due to t...