Here’s how to tell if you’re running Cinnamon or Mate.
inxi -Fxz |
Result.
System: Kernel: 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.6.6 Distro: Linux Mint 20 Ulyana base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal ... |
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Here’s how to tell if you’re running Cinnamon or Mate.
inxi -Fxz |
inxi -Fxz
Result.
System: Kernel: 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.6.6 Distro: Linux Mint 20 Ulyana base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal ... |
System: Kernel: 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.6.6 Distro: Linux Mint 20 Ulyana base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal ...
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Here’s how to install Go on Ubuntu Linux Mint 19.3.
Download the latest from https://golang.org/dl/.
wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.13.linux-amd64.tar.gz |
wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.13.linux-amd64.tar.gz
Check the checksum.
sha256sum go1.13.linux-amd64.tar.gz |
sha256sum go1.13.linux-amd64.tar.gz
Extract the Go tarball to the /usr/local directory.
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.13.linux-amd64.tar.gz |
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.13.linux-amd64.tar.gz
Edit your Bash profile to add Go’s path.
cd ~ vim ~/.profile # Add Go's path export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin # Load the profile source ~/.profile |
cd ~ vim ~/.profile # Add Go's path export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin # Load the profile source ~/.profile
Check if Go is installed.
go version |
go version
Output.
go version go1.13 linux/amd64 |
go version go1.13 linux/amd64
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Where’s Apache and webroot for the different distros?
Webroot:
# Redhat, Fedora, Centos, Amazon Linux /var/www/html # Debian, Ubuntu, Mint /var/www/html |
# Redhat, Fedora, Centos, Amazon Linux /var/www/html # Debian, Ubuntu, Mint /var/www/html
Apache Configuration:
# Redhat, Fedora, Centos, Amazon Linux /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf # Debian, Ubuntu, Mint /etc/apache2/sites-available/default |
# Redhat, Fedora, Centos, Amazon Linux /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf # Debian, Ubuntu, Mint /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
by Ulysses
How to install Docker on Linux Mint or Ubuntu.
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker --version |
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker --version
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Remmina is the RDP (remote desktop software) for Windows server on Linux. Here’s how to install.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:remmina-ppa-team/remmina-next sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install remmina remmina-plugin-* libfreerdp-plugins-standard |
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:remmina-ppa-team/remmina-next sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install remmina remmina-plugin-* libfreerdp-plugins-standard
If you don’t see the RDP option, kill the process and restart Remmina.
by Ulysses
Here’s the shortcut key combination for managing windows and workspaces in Linux Mint 18.
Very useful.
by Ulysses
I recently started using Linux Mint again. Although it contains many excellent apps, there are a few things that are missing. So, here’s a list of programs that I have installed ✅ or will be installing on Linux Mint in the near future.
by Ulysses
If you like to try out different flavors of Linux as well as other distros, install them in a virtual environment like VirtualBox. In this way you avoid messing up your system since installation will be inside a container. VirtualBox can run in Windows, Mac and Linux. I’m currently running it on Linux Mint 19. If you are curious, the instructions are here to install VirtualBox 6 in Linux Mint 19.