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Today's homework part 2: Today we will be going over how to navigate file systems in terminal (easy way and hard way), how to install flatpaks, and showcasing some cool panel applets. I am currently on Mint 20.1 Cinnamon. 6: open Terminal and type ls If you didn't notice terminal defaults to your home directory. 7: the cd command stands for change directory so for example: cd Downloads would "open" the downloads folder in terminal now type ls You can hop around all day from file to this way to get what you want. Now what if you went to far or want to return to your home directory? Type cd by itself and you will return to the home folder. You can also traverse multiple folders by using the plotting things out example cd Downloads cd Iso cd Mint could be written out cd Downloads/Iso/Mint (if you're having trouble this is case sensitive) 8: Now that you are comfortable searching for things in these directories I'll teach you a shortcut (well beginners will find this easier) go to any folder, then right click, now see the "Open in Terminal" option? Click it. There you go you have just opened the folder in terminal without the cd command. 9: Flatpak programs can be installed in the software manager just as easy as anything else. You can also install flatpak programs from terminal. For this we are going to install copyq (copyq is a program that saves the items you copy so you can paste them later.) note: there is no c in flatpak flatpak search copyq do you see how there are almost columns that populate with different things name / discription / application id / version / branch / remotes ? (if you're having trouble lining up these columns it is a good idea to maximize the terminal) Under the application id you see a string .com/bla-bla/.copyq (No cheating I am not giving you the exact link. Anyway that's what you need so highlight, Control+shift+c then type the following command: flatpak install flathub what you copied and hit enter follow the prompts and you will see your computer installing copyq (again you can install flatpaks from software manager just the same way as everything else) you can also search different flatpaks with flathub (http://flathub.org) 10: Now that copyq is downloaded hit super (linux users call the "windows key on your keyboard the super key) and type startup and hit enter, click the plus sign and select choose application find copyq on the list and select you can also delay its start by clicking the pencil and entering in a startup delay. 10A: to update all flatpaks in terminal type flatpak update 10B: to see what flatpaks you have in terminal type flatpak list 10C: to update separate flatpaks in terminal type flatpak list then copy the org.bla.bla of the program you want to copy then type flatpak update flathub and paste that (you may not have to type flathub)