[ubuntu-uk] Installing a wireless driver on a machine converted to Ubuntu from Windows

[Robert McWilliam]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013, at 09:43 AM, Rowan Berkeley wrote:
>  I assume that when 
> you are told to insert or change things in multiple files in the 
> operating system, it's no good just opening them with gedit and changing 
> them on the spot; you have to navigate to them and open them via the 
> terminal and change them with sudo. Is that right?

To change the system level files (most things that aren't in your home
directory) you usually need more permissions than your user will have.
sudo gets you those permissions. 

If you're comfortable in a terminal then you can navigate around in
there and open up an editor with sudo when needed. 

If you'd prefer to use gedit to locate and edit the files you can start
an instance of gedit with the necessary permissions by opening the run
dialogue with alt+F2 and then entering "gksudo gedit". You'll then
(probably) be asked for your password and then you get gedit.

Robert

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