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How to run Windows 7 in Netrunner OS by using VirtualBox.

My laptop is set up as a dual-boot machine where I can choose between Windows 7 and Netrunner.

But I have long been tired of my Windows installation, and wanted to get rid of it. But there is some software, which I need Windows for.

Therefore I wanted to try to set Windows up in a Virtual machine inside my Linux.

Here is how I did it.

First I have to install Oracle VM VirtualBox. This software I could find in Netrunner software manager called Octopi.

When I had installed this, the real challenge started.

I chose to run Oracle VM VirtualBox, and found a tutorial on the net of how to make Windows 7 run.

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How to connect a HP Printer in Netrunner os

This was a problem for me. My Deskjet 3055A was not supported in the standard printer set up in Netrunner.

But then I found a great homepage with a description of how to install HP printer manager.

View more her.

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How to backup and restore Thunderbird in Netrunner OS.

If you want to backup your settings and mails in Thunderbird, there is as such no function to do that in the program.

What you have to du is find the Thunderbird folder in your filesystem and just copy it.

Open Dolphin (The filemanager) and go to the Home-folder on the left side of the screen. Make sure to enable Show hidden files and look for the folder named.thunderbird.

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How to install Dropbox in Netrunner OS

I wanted to install Dropbox.

First I went to the homepage of Dropbox and tried to follow their way in the terminal.

But the installation was incomplete.

So I made a search on the internet and found this.

Click on the arrow in the left bottom of the screen. Click on the Green ghost/Octopus and the program manager Octopi opens.

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How to watch Spotify?

Click on the arrow in the left hand bottom corner of the screen.

Choose system and console – the Netrunner Os terminal.

Here you enter this command

yaourt spotify

and presses Enter.

This starts the installation.

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How to install add-ons in Firefox on Netrunner OS

When I am browsing the internet I am using the default brower in Netrunner. It is called Firefox.

But all the advertisement is sloving the process down when loading a page.

And I like to decide if Flash is running or not.

Therefor I recommed you to installe some extensions to Firefox.

You can debate wether an ad-blocker if fair (the ads contribute to paying for many pages), but I like it.

If you want to install an extension, you open Firefox.

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How to watch Netflix on Netrunner OS?

Luckily watching Netflix on a Linux machine has gotten a lot easier.

Before you had to use a lot of tinkering and installation to succeed. But now, Netflix is supporting Linux via the Google Chrome browser.

So all you have to do is install it, and then log in to your Netflix account to watch.

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How to install a program on Netrunner OS

Being a non teck person, I try to avoid the command line.

Therefore I will show how to install programmers in Netrunner using the program manager called Octopi.

First open Octopi. You will find it in the menu at the bottom left corner of your screen. Look for an Icon looking like a green Octopus or ghost.

When open you can go to the search bar and type the name of your program.

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How to update Netrunner OS

On the Netrunner homepage they have a note saying;

Bash fix:

To get the latest update for bash, please use the terminal for your first update (instead of octopi):
$ sudo rm -R /var/lib/pacman/local/bash-4.3.024-1
$ sudo pacman -Sy bas

This I could not get to work and my system kept telling me that there were 274 updates to be handled.

The Octopi (The software update manager) kept telling me;

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