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Cinnamon or Mate?

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
...

Install Go on Linux Mint 19.3

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

Check the checksum.

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

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

Check if Go is installed.

go version

Output.

go version go1.13 linux/amd64

Apache & Webroot

Where’s Apache and webroot for the different distros?

Webroot:

# 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