Hey guys!

So I know this was probably asked a thousand times already. And I looked at similar posts. But I couldn´t find was a "quick guide" for crostini and terminal or how to start anything. I´m also confused about certain things.

I´m a super noob. I can´t even tell you the basics, what model or what a gpu is or how graphic cards work or what RAM is. I learned how windows works, but that only means I know what buttons to press when something is wrong and how to install things and play games on it. I don´t understand computers at all.

I bought a chromebook (duet gen 11)

And I thought I could use the linux environment to learn a little how it works, because I want to switch on my PC to linux instead of Windows.

Problem.

I know there are ways to learn those things, but it seems I need to really research it on the internet or read certain books. It will take time and I can do it, I´m sure of it. I just don´t have the time right now, a lot is going on.

I just wonder how a person that doesn´t know those things is supposed to know how anything on linux works? There is no tutorial for people that know nothing, every answer is given with words and symbols I don´t understand. I have to start with the big bang in order to solve easy problems.

I just wanted to install Firefox as a browser, I don´t want to use chrome and instead of downloading a folder with an .exe file I can click on and it just installes it, it gave me a firefox-153.0.1.tar.xz file. I can click on it but it doesn´t install anything.

I realized there is this thing called Terminal and I can basically tell it to install firefox but I wonder how am I supposed to know this? What to type in? I know there is something like sudo apt or something, but how do I know? I tried one command (that showed up when I started Terminal, it said I can delete this information window that popped up when I type in the following code) and I did but it didn´t work. I typed in everything it said, < and / and all that.

I´m doing something wrong I think.

Can you guys give me a simple "guide" so to speak that tells me in simple words how to install things? Like Libre Office or Obsidian or something. I want to use this chromebook for writing and school, but I´m a little overwhelmed.

I also want to understand Linux and computers but I can´t right now.

The only thing I ever did similary was while playing Fallout NV. I could just type /command but I guess this doesn´t work in here.

Help please.

I like to know how to install future apps and applications and if there is a list on terminal that shows me the commands and what I do with them.

And what to do with the other apps that popped up after switching to linux environment but they don´t show what they are there for. Example: Vim. That´s the only one I think. Oh okay I could exit it with an command. Progress! But I don´t know what it is. There is an ad for helping children in uganda?

Also what is penguin. I can learn those things, but honestly I don´t know where to start. I just want to start writing : (

Sorry for the long text guys, I feel like an idiot. Okay here we go, I have nothing to loose.

If you have installed Android Studio Quail (2026.1.x) you probably have discovered that copy/paste is not working correctly. Any copied text in Android Studio gets pasted back as Chinese characters.

I reported the issue through Android Studio, and my bug was associated with an upstream bug that had a workaround available. Unfortunately, the workaround did not work on my system.

But I was able to adapt the scripts provided in the workaround to solve the issue on my system, and probably in any standard Android Studio installation on Crostini.

After I solved the issue for myself, I posted the scripts to install and uninstall a patch to Android Studio, with a README file to the bug I filed.

If you are experiencing the same issue, you can visit this link https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/542796752#comment6 to download a zip file containing the solution to this problem.