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# Your username in Mint is "me". Your password is "eecs182". Occasionally, you may need this, for example, when installing software within Mint.
# Mint is a full-fledged Linux system. Mint is a variant of Ubuntu, a popular Linux system.
# It is a good idea to back up your files that are inside Mint to a safe place. Mint can occasionally crash. Your laptop can also crash. Every semester, we have a few such cases. To start with, you can use Shared Folders in VMware to share a folder between your laptop and Mint and copy files back-and-forth. To Share a Folder, go to Virtual Machine -> Sharing and follow the obvious prompts. The shared folder will be in /mnt/hgfs folder (at least in Fusion). Let us know if it is different in Windows!
# Use the backup method provided to you for homeworks.

Popular commands using in Terminal:

* listing contents of a directory:
 %  ls    (list)
* finding where you are in the directory structure:
  % pwd 
 (present working directory)
* changing directory:
 %  cd [directory]
* changing directory to home: 
 % cd
* viewing a file in Terminal: 
 % more [filename]
* starting the Python interpreter: 
 % python
* compiling a C++ program: 
 % g++ -Wall -g [.cpp files] -o [outputfile]
* debugging a C++ program:
 %  gdb [outfile]
* editing a program: 
 % emacs [filename]
* Taking a screenshot:
 Menu -> Accessories -> Take Screenshot
 (png or pdf format is fine)