Three things need to be working for you to be able to use websites on your computer as if they were on the internet (the internet includes your computer, but that’s another story). Apache – this is a program that ‘serves’ websites to internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera, etc.). There are …
Category archives: services
Wired Networking
Debian\Linux Click on ‘Show Applications’ (which is the equivalent of the ‘Start’ menu in Windows) then type ‘Settings’ and click on the ‘Settings’ image. In the left hand menu click on ‘Network’ and in the ‘Wired’ section that appears in the main window you will see a ‘cog’ button. Click on this to see information …
Sharing files
I wanted to create a shared drive in the same way that you can map a network drive in Windows, but on Debian\Linux and on a Mac Debian\Linux I used the instructions on this page: https://www.codedonut.com/raspberry-pi/mount-network-share-raspberry-pi/ Before using them I opened Terminal and entered ‘sudo apt install cifs-utils’ to install the cifs file sharing service …
DELAY – Stability vs. Help!
Huge apologies to anyone who was following these posts. I tried to install the git version control software some time ago using the instructions in the user manual and it trashed a lot of the things that I already had installed, including main bits of the Debian/Linux operating system itself. This put me off somewhat. …
Things that I need to be able to do using Debian/Linux (and on a Mac)
I made a list of all the things I need to be able to do using Debian/Linux that, if I can get them working, will allow me to do all of my day-to-day work on my new laptop rather than my Windows laptop. Where possible I wanted to use programs that would work on both …
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