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**OS: Windows 7 pro
 
**OS: Windows 7 pro
 
**Additional OS's running under Virtual Box 4.1.22 ( out of date )
 
**Additional OS's running under Virtual Box 4.1.22 ( out of date )
***Ubuntu 12.04  Set up with some directories shared with the Windows 7 host. [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/VirtualBox/Setting_up_an_Ubuntu_virtual_machine "VirtualBox: Setting up an Ubuntu virtual machine"] has some tips for setting up an Ubuntu virtual machine with VirtualBox.
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***Ubuntu 12.04  Set up with some directories shared with the Windows 7 host.
  
  
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===FileZilla===
 
===FileZilla===
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileZilla FileZilla] is a file transfer program, I have found very useful. Transfer files either way, view, edit text files all gui based.
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FileZilla is a file transfer program, I have found very useful. Transfer files either way, view, edit text files all gui based.
  
  
 
===LocalSettings.php===
 
===LocalSettings.php===
 
You will get a file from dream host, keep a copy safe some place, it has parameters including passwords you will need to know.  Its name is LocalSettings.php
 
You will get a file from dream host, keep a copy safe some place, it has parameters including passwords you will need to know.  Its name is LocalSettings.php
 
=== TortoiseHg ===
 
 
While not absolutely necessary, DavidCary uses
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TortoiseHg TortoiseHg] on his local machine
 
as a pretty GUI
 
to talk to
 
[http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Mercurial Mercurial on Dreamhost],
 
when doing OpenCircuits back-end maintenance.
 
Mercurial makes it much easier to tweak settings in LocalSettings.php,
 
test them out,
 
and when things go horribly wrong, revert to the previous known-good configuration.
 
TortoiseHg and Mercurial also make it much easier to answer questions like
 
"Hey, this thing over here was working a week ago. What changed since then?".
 
The http://hginit.com/ website has a good introduction to using Mercurial from a command line; I think it is useful to skim through it even if you plan to always use Mercurial through a GUI interface like TortoiseHg.
 
  
 
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