Your first steps on Linux

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Ok, so you have managed to install Linux on your computer. You have started it and logged in. You now wonder what comes next.

Open a console

A console is text-based window where you can enter commands for your Linux. To start a console, type ALT_F2 and enter konsole. You should see a screen like this:

Konsole.png

The background can be black, white, green, any color. So can be the font. Anyway, most important is you can write into it.