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→INVESTIGATION 1: BOOTING KNOPPIX (LIVE LINUX) FROM MYAPPS
'''Perform the Following Steps:'''
# Start your Seneca College lab workstation in your lab and login to your Seneca Windows account.<br><br>
# Make certain that the '''MyApps''' window is open. This window should have opened shortly after you logged into your Windows workstation. If the application windows is not open, click on the '''MyApps''' icon on the desktop to launch).<br><br>
# Click on the '''Search Apps''' area located in the top right corner of the MyApps window and type the word: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">knoppix</span><br><br>
# The ''Knoppix'' Linux Distribution will appear. <br><br>'''NOTE:''' All of these applications allow you to connect to your Matrix account.<br>We will use the application called '''SSH Secure Shell Client''' for this practice tutorial.<br><br>[[Image:knoppix-3.png|thumb|right|280px|'''Launch Knoppix''' from '''Virtualbox''' menu.<br>(Image licensed under[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ cc])]]
# Launch the '''Knoppix''' Linux distribution by clicking the '''Launch''' button.<br><br>'''NOTE:''' Your file manager will open and display both the '''Knoppix virtual machine icon''' and a '''Knoppix Installation ISO file'''. You will be launching the Knoppix Virtual machine in the '''Virtualbox''' application.<br><br>
# '''Double-click ''' on the icon Knoppix.vbox in the Virtualbox menu.<br><br># Another dialog box will appear. '''Double-click ''' on the '''Switch''' button when prompted to enter '''scale mode'''.<br><br>'''NOTE:''' You should notice that you can switch between your Knoppix VM and your Windows computer which is referred to as the '''host machine'''.<br><br>
# Allow a little time for the Knoppix Linux distribution to start. This is a '''graphical Linux distribution''' which will start-up in a desktop environment.<br><br>'''NOTE:''' You are NOT prompted for a username and password because this is a Linux Live distribution,<br>and you have been assigned a '''generic account'''.<br><br>[[Image:knoppix-desktop.png|thumb|right|380px|The '''Knoppix Linux desktop environment''' has a similar look as the MS Windows desktop environment.<br>(Image licensed under[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ cc])]]
# On the bottom left-hand side, click on the '''Knoppix start menu''' (similar to the Windows start menu).<br><br>
# Use the ''Knoppix start menu'' to select '''logout''', then select '''shutdown''' to terminate your Knoppix Linux Live session.<br><br>
# Repeat the steps to launch a new Knoppix Linux Live session.<br><br>[[Image:libreoffice.png|thumb|right|200px|The '''LibreOffice''' application is the default word processor.<br>]]
# Use the ''Knoppix start menu'' to launch a graphical file manager called x.<br><br># Search In the file manager, search for the your word processing document file that you saved on your home directory. Is there document there. If not, why?<br><br>
# Use the ''Knoppix start menu'' to shutdown your Knoppix Linux Live session.<br><br>
# Work on the Linux practice questions located at the bottom of this tutorial.
