> I am not quite sure why it didn't work. First I tried to copy and paste
> then I typed it leaving what I thought were a couple of possible spaces
> and then I left no spaces but I couldn't get it to work. When I next
> boot up I will write some more info down and post it here.
The command consists of the following parts (which need to be separated by spaces, all on one line).
I'll give a quick explanation of each part:
- cat
- prints the content of a file in the terminal
- /proc/cpuinfo
- special file maintained by the kernel with CPU information
- >
- redirects the output into a file
- ~/cpuinfo.txt
- the file to receive the output (~ is shorthand for your Linux home directory)
> Tom Butz sent me an email saying that there are many operating systems
> that can be put on USB stick and run in memory.
Yes. Since most modern computers come without CD/DVD drives, these "live images" are usually transferred onto USB sticks rather than CDs or DVDs.
Do you know whether you are running a 32 or 64bit version?
You can run the following command in a terminal:
uname -i
On my 64bit Linux Mint, this outputs the following:
x86_64
A 32bit version, if I remember correctly, should output something like this:
i686
One last comment: are you looking at installing the Linux distro on your desktop's hard drive or do you just want to boot Linux from CD/DVD/USB stick?
Cheers, Peter
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