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| ===== Starting VB ===== | ===== Starting VB ===== | ||
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| + | * Start the //Oracle VM VirtualBox// application | ||
| + | * The available VM should appear in the upper left part of the //Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager// and can be in different states | ||
| + | * Powered Off: | ||
| + | * Saved: you have finished your previous session by saving the current state of the VM. When you click on Start, VB will restore the VM in exactly the same state it was at the end of the session. This is the fastest way to resume working! | ||
| + | * Once the VM is started/restored, it's OK to close the //Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager// window! | ||
| ===== Basic use of the VB ===== | ===== Basic use of the VB ===== | ||
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| ===== Some useful things to configure ===== | ===== Some useful things to configure ===== | ||
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| + | The following settings can probably be done with any Linux environment, but the precise details below apply to the //Cinnamon// window manager | ||
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| + | * Add some useful things to panel bar at the bottom of the screen | ||
| + | * Right click on an empty part of the bar -> Add applets to the panel | ||
| + | * Add //Workspace switcher// | ||
| + | * Add //Window list// | ||
| + | * Add //System Monitor// (there are several available, use sysmonitor@orcus). Right-click on it -> Settings -> only keep the CPU and Memory graphs | ||
| + | * Right click on the on the Panel Launchers (the part of the panel with the Firefox, Thunderbird, Terminal and Files) -> Add | ||
| + | * to add an xterm launcher:\\ Name: xterm\\ Command\\ xterm -ls -sl 1000 -bg black -fg white\\ Click on the icon in the upper left corner and choose an icon (eg in /usr/share/icons/gnome) | ||
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other/vb/use.txt · Last modified: 2016/09/08 08:39 by jypeter
