A: Press Alt + Cursor Left or Cursor Right to move through the TTYs
Q: Damnit - how to copy/paste?
A: Ctrl + K to cut everything to the right of cursor, Ctrl + Y to paste to the right of the cursor.
Q: Yeah okay, and how to paste to another TTY?
A: Many ways. You probably want to copy a part of the screen.
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sudo screendump N >> copy.txt
Q: Any idea how I can quickly/easily access google, or bing, or find acronyms, books on amazon, search the Debian wiki etc. without actually using a CLI browser?
A: Install surfraw. Use it like
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sr google my fairy dick
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SURFRAW_text_browser=/usr/bin/links2
SURFRAW_graphical=no
A: Sure you can. As root, edit /etc/kbd/config and remove the # in front of the last line to look like this:
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DO_VCSTIME=yes
A: It's my duty.