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The point of this article is to give guidelines how to avoid tablet "reflashing" (see definition below). Yes, Maemo has command line access and everybody can gain superuser priviledges easily. With great power comes great responsibility. The base system can of course be installed again, aka "reflashed". If you are interested in reflashing and want to know more, please read the article on [[updating the firmware]]
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The point of this article is to give guidelines how to avoid tablet "reflashing" (see definition below). Yes, Maemo has command line access and everybody can gain superuser priviledges easily. With great power comes great responsibility. The base system can of course be installed again, aka "reflashed". If you are interested in reflashing and want to know more, please read article [[Updating the tablet firmware]]
== How to stay safe ==
== How to stay safe ==
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Staying on the safe side is rather easy. Install only signed software with the Application Manager, and do not open the command line application (xterm).  
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Staying in the safe side is rather easy. Install only signed software with software installer, and don't open command line application (xterm). The latter can be ignored if you don't know how to use the command line. You can find more info about xterm in article [[Terminal]]
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X Term should only be opened if you know what you are/intend to do.  
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'''DO NOT EXPERIMENT IN XTERM! READ UP ON WHAT YOU ARE DOING IF YOU HAVE THE SLIGHTEST DOUBTS IN YOUR ABILITIES.'''
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You can find more info about xterm in the [[Terminal]] article.
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== Take backups ==
== Take backups ==
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'''Always keep valuable data in at least two places! This cannot be emphasized enough!'''
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'''Always keep valuable data in at least two places! This can't be emphasized enough!'''
== The Don'ts -- what to avoid ==
== The Don'ts -- what to avoid ==
Xterm:
Xterm:
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*Gaining [[root access]]
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*Gaining root access (see article [[Root access]])
*Copy-pasting commands from internet to command line
*Copy-pasting commands from internet to command line
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*Installing untrusted .debs
 
Application manager:
Application manager:
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*Enabling the [[extras-testing]] repository.
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*Enabling the extras-testing repository. (see [[Extras#Extras-testing]])
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*Enabling the [[extras-devel]] repository.
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*Enabling the extras-devel repository. (see [[Extras#Extras-devel]])
*Installing non-optified applications. (This issue is temporary but still valid)
*Installing non-optified applications. (This issue is temporary but still valid)
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Then you should see [[Installing unstable applications]] -article.
Then you should see [[Installing unstable applications]] -article.
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== I think I messed things badly ==
 
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[[Updating the firmware]] is a good option. Pretty quick and clears all possible things that can be messed.
 
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[[Category:Beginners]]
[[Category:Beginners]]

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