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+### Getting started
+There are various things you can do to quickly and efficiently configure your Codio Box to your exact requirements. 
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+### GUI Applications and the Virtual Desktop 
+The Virtual Desktop allows you auto develop GUI based applications using any programming language. You can install a Virtual Desktop in your Box. You can then start the desktop and view it within the Codio IDE or in a new browser tab.
+
+[Virtual Desktop documentation](https://codio.com/docs/ide/boxes/installsw/gui/)
+
+
+### Command line access and the Terminal window
+All Codio Boxes provide sudo level privileges to the underlying Ubuntu server. This means you can install and configure any component you like. You access the terminal from the **Tools->Terminal** menu item.
+
+### Debugger
+The Codio IDE comes with a powerful visual debugger. Currently we support Python, Java, C, C++ and NodeJS. Other languages can be added on request.
+
+[Debugger documentation](https://codio.com/docs/ide/features/debugging/)
+
+
+### Content authoring and assessments
+Codio comes with a very powerful content authoring tool, Codio Guides. Guides is also where you create all forms of auto-graded assessments. 
+
+- [Guides documentation](https://codio.com/docs/content/authoring/overview/)
+- [Assessments documentation](https://codio.com/docs/content/authoring/assessments/)
+
+### Templating Box configurations and projects
+Codio offers two very powerful templating options so you can create new projects from those templates with just a couple of clicks. **Stacks** allow you to create snapshots of the Box’s underlying software configuration. You can then create new projects from a Stack avoiding having to configure anew each time you start a new project. **Starter Packs** allow you to template an entire project, including workspace code.
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+- [Stacks documentation](https://codio.com/docs/project/stacks/)
+- [Starter Packs documentation](https://codio.com/docs/project/packs/)
+
+### Install software
+You can always install software onto your Box using the command line. However, Codio offers a shortcut for commonly installed components that can be accessed from the **Tools->Install Software** menu.
+
+We can easily add new items to the Install Software screen, so feel free to submit requests.
+
+[Install Software documentation](https://codio.com/docs/ide/boxes/installsw/box-parts/)
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