General guidelines
For questions related to specific exercises, please check the forums on the Moodle page of the class: News and Discussions. And use the discussion forum to ask a new question if necessary.
Below (in the present page), you will find answers to simple questions (about class logistics, etc.)
How can I install Linux on my machine?
You can have a look at these slides.
How can I change the keyboard layout (from French to US) of the Linux machines at UFR IM2AG?
There are different ways to do it.
We recommend using the system’s (i.e., Ubuntu’s) graphical user interface. Launch the “Settings” application (“Réglages” in French), then, on the left pane, select the “Keyboard” section (“Clavier” in French). Then, on the right pane, in the “Input Sources” list, add a new keyboard layout. Once you have done that, an icon will appear in the task bar, allowing you to swithc between the different keyboard layout that you have enabled (e.g., French and English keyboard layouts).
Alternatively, you can use the following command line in a shell:
setxkbmap us
How can I change the language (from French to English) of the Linux machines at UFR IM2AG?
There are different ways to do it.
We recommend using the system’s (i.e., Ubuntu’s) graphical user interface. Launch the “Settings” application (“Réglages” in French), then, on the left pane, select the “System” section (“Systeme” in French). Then, on the right pane, select “Region & Language” and choose the language that you want.
Alternatively, you can use the following (low-level) approach:
Open the .bashrc file in your home directory and add the following lines. Then, log out from your Linux session and log in again.
export LANG="en_US.utf8"
export LC_ALL="en_US.utf8"
export LANGUAGE="en_US"
Note: this does not affect the menus of the graphical user interface.