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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 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 == | ||
- | Staying | + | 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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== Take backups == | == Take backups == | ||
- | '''Always keep valuable data in at least two places! This | + | '''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: | ||
- | *Gaining [[ | + | *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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Application manager: | Application manager: | ||
- | * | + | *Taking the [[Red Pill]] |
- | *Enabling the [[ | + | *Enabling the extras-devel repository. (see [[Extras#Extras-devel]]) |
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== If something has already occurred == | == If something has already occurred == | ||
You should start with article [[Troubleshooting]] and see how the situation can be saved. | You should start with article [[Troubleshooting]] and see how the situation can be saved. | ||
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