    <p>When you open a terminal, you will start from the <strong>home directory</strong>.
          Notice that your prompt (e.g. <code>user@computer:~$</code>) has a tilde <code>~</code> in it. Your
          prompt helpfully tells you your current directory -- in this case, your
          current directory is <code>~</code>, which stands for the home directory.</p>


        <h3 id="making-new-directories">Making New Directories</h3>


        <p>Our next command is called <code>mkdir</code>. Try typing t