I recently got my hands on one of those Google ChromeBooks (Cr-48). Interesting to have an operating system that is just a web browser. But, as anyone likely reading this article already knows, the graphical interface is the web browser and the operating system is still Linux. But what version? Well, let’s go on a journey together. First, you need ChromeOS. If you’ve got a ChromeBook this is a pretty easy thing to get. If not, check http://getchrome.eu/download.php for a USB or optical download that can be run live (or even in a virtual machine). Or, if you know that you’re going to be using a virtual machine, consider a pre-built…
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The Basics of pico (or nano)
At your Unix shell prompt, type: pico filename Replace filename with the name of the file you want to create or edit. For example, to create a file and name it indiana.txt, type: pico charles.txt If the file already exits, Pico opens it for you to edit. If it doesn’t exist yet, Pico creates it and places you in an editing buffer. Pico displays a menu bar of commonly-used commands at the bottom of the screen. Pico accepts commands from your keyboard but not from your mouse. To insert text into your Pico editing screen at the cursor, just begin typing. Pico inserts the text to the left of the…