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| dcore:basic_usage_guide [2016/12/26 06:02] – [Persistence and System Changes] nitram | dcore:basic_usage_guide [2016/12/26 16:03] (current) – [Overview] nitram | ||
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| As a basic installation is minimal, the system can then be expanded and fully customized with kernel modules, drivers, Xorg graphics, various Window Managers or Desktop Environments, | As a basic installation is minimal, the system can then be expanded and fully customized with kernel modules, drivers, Xorg graphics, various Window Managers or Desktop Environments, | ||
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| + | This guide uses a typical persistent installation that requires using the '' | ||
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| + | Although classic, vi is often considered less than user friendly. It is, however, an efficient command line editor that is quite simple to use once a few keyboard commands have been memorized, there are several tutorials online. Regardless, users that wish to use a more user friendly CLI-based editor could import and load '' | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | sce-import -b nano # Import nano, add to sceboot.lst so it's always available | ||
| + | sce-load nano # Load nano for use during this session (not required on reboot) | ||
| + | nano file_name | ||
| + | # The ^ command key (eg. ^X to exit) denotes the Ctrl key | ||
| + | </ | ||
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| + | Congratulations, | ||
| ==== Basic GUI Management ==== | ==== Basic GUI Management ==== | ||
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| As all other critical files are stored within the TCE directory, a periodic copy/paste of this entire directory to other media effectively backs up the entire system, including SCE, mydata.tgz and mydatabk.tgz files. | As all other critical files are stored within the TCE directory, a periodic copy/paste of this entire directory to other media effectively backs up the entire system, including SCE, mydata.tgz and mydatabk.tgz files. | ||
| - | When the system is set up and is running well, a safe backup should periodically be performed via '' | + | When the system is set up and is running well, a safe backup should periodically be performed via '' |
| Although rare, there is a possiblity an updated SCE may not work correctly due to an RC bug, broken Debian/ | Although rare, there is a possiblity an updated SCE may not work correctly due to an RC bug, broken Debian/ | ||
| ==== Maintenance ==== | ==== Maintenance ==== | ||
| - | Aside from the updates and backups discussed above, dCore requires little maintenance. An advantage of using self-contained extensions that link to the main file system is that when the SCE is removed, all traces of the main program and dependencies are gone, with the exception of home direcctory | + | Aside from the updates and backups discussed above, dCore requires little maintenance. An advantage of using self-contained extensions that link to the main file system is that when the SCE is removed, all traces of the main program and dependencies are gone, no cruft left behind |
| Optional periodic maintenance tasks: | Optional periodic maintenance tasks: | ||
| - | * Manually | + | * Manually |
| * Run '' | * Run '' | ||
| - | * Run '' | + | * Run '' |
| - | * If using / | + | * If using / |
| ==== Resources ==== | ==== Resources ==== | ||
| - | The above should help new users quick start a dCore system, much more information is outlined in the dCore wiki and discussed in the dCore subforums, additional resources: | + | The above should help new users quick start a dCore system. More information is outlined in the dCore wiki and discussed in the dCore subforums: |
| * FAQ: http:// | * FAQ: http:// | ||
| * Wiki: http:// | * Wiki: http:// | ||
