The Debian Skinny

Turning your computer ON.

• Turn your computer on by using the switch on your surge protector, the switch on your computer, or both.
   
• When it settles down, your computer will want you to login in one of two ways:
  1. TEXT LOGIN. At the "login:" prompt, type the name of an existing account, then press [ENTER]. At the "password:" prompt, type the account's password, then press [ENTER]. If login is successful, you will be presented with a Bash prompt.
  2. GRAPHICS LOGIN. Or "windows" login (the program that does graphics login is called ``xdm''). The login process is exactly the same as with TEXT LOGIN, including the use of [ENTER] after each string. If login is successful, xdm (X display manager) will start your wm (window manager, e.g. twm).
  
   

The audience are people who have never used a computer before they started using Debian GNU/Linux.

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