Accessing "Read Only" Files in the File System

[Ironhide]

hello, thanks for answering, I wanted to get into some system files like - etc - apt - apt.conf.d​ for instance and I just figured it out that it was a simple option line in the drop down menu saying Sign on as Administrator which I thought I already was by default. I guess if I want to change anything I have to keep signing on as an admin to do it. I'm just learning Linux for the first time and comparing distros so I don't know what I'm really doing just yet. but thanks for returning a reply anyways.