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the Raspberry Pi an IP address and allow it to connect to the network.
The Raspberry Pi comes with a web browser called Midori, which you will find under the Internet
section of your start menu. You can check that your connection is okay by starting Midori and
connecting to a website of your choice, as shown in Figure 2-3.
Figure 2-3 The Midori web browser
The Command Line
If you are a Windows or Mac user, you may have never used the command line. If you are a Linux
user, on the other hand, you almost certainly will have done so. In fact, if you are a Linux user, then
about now you will have realized that you probably don’t need this chapter because it’s all a bit basic
for you.
Although it is possible to use a Linux system completely via the graphical interface, in general you
will need to type commands into the command line. You do this to install new applications and to
configure the Raspberry Pi.
From the launcher button (bottom left), open the LXTerminal, which is shown in Figure 2-4.
