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Linux Tutorial
Logging In
- Start up the computer (if it is not already on).
- When the login screen appears, type in your username (first initial and last name) and password.
- It should take you to KDE (a Linux GUI, similar to Microsoft Windows).
Changing Your Password
- Open a Command Line (there's a link off of the desktop)
- Type yppasswd
- Follow the on-screen instructions
Editing Your Home Directory
Each user gets a limited amount of space in their Home directory. Once you reach a certain percentage of that, the computer will warn you that you are close to using up all your space. To check how much space you have, open a Command Line (there's a link off of the desktop) and type in quota
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Using Non-Graphical Linux
For help using Linux from a command line (such as when SSH'ing into the Linux Lab, or simply using rxvt or another terminal from a lab computer), chech out the Common Linux Commands page. The remainder of this tutorial will discuss the GUI aspects of Linux.
Using KDE
- If you click on the Home button on the desktop, you will get a graphical file manager window, which can be used to navigate the file system, similar to Explorer in Microsoft Windows.
- To view a file's contents, click on its icon, which will open it up in the appropriate application (such as Konqueror (a web browser). If the file isn't opened with the application you expected it to be opened with, you can right click on it and choose the appropriate application from the "Open With" submenu, shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Specifying an application to open a file with
- To create a new folder, first choose the place where you want the folder to be made. Right click on it and choose "Create New..." and then select "Directory..." (illustrated in Figure 2). Type in the name of the new directory and hit enter (or click on "OK"). You have just created a directory.
Figure 2: Creating a new directory
- To move files using Konqueror's GUI, just drag them from one place to another. Alternatively, you may right click on them, choose "Cut" and then "Paste" them into the directory of your choice.
- Copying files is very similar - all you need to do is "Copy" and "Paste" the file. KDE will then ask you what you want the copy to be named. Once you've changed the name, hit the Enter key (or click on "Rename") and the second file will be created.
- To rename a file, right-click it and choose "Rename". Type in the new name (make sure to include the extension (e.g. FileName.java, .txt or .jpg) and hit the enter key to change the name.
- To delete files or folders, right-click on them and choose "Delete."
Additional Tutorials
Some of these tutorials may be off-site, meaning they are not maintained by anyone from Clark University. If any of these links become inaccessible, please email the webmaster.
- Fortran Tutorial
- Introduction to LaTeX
- GDB Tutorial
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