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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

Install Docker on Linux

How to install Docker on Linux Mint or Ubuntu.

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
docker --version

Remmina Install

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

If you don’t see the RDP option, kill the process and restart Remmina.

Linux Mint Windows and Workspaces

Here’s the shortcut key combination for managing windows and workspaces in Linux Mint 18.

  • Press the “Ctrl + Alt + Down” keys to display all open windows.
  • Press the “Ctrl + Alt + Up” keys to display all workspaces.
  • Press the “Ctrl + Alt + Left or Right” keys to move between workspaces.

Very useful.

Apps to Install on Linux Mint

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.

  • ✅ sublime text 3
  • ✅ lastpass
  • ✅ discord
  • ✅ aws cli
  • ✅ ffmpeg
  • ✅ handbrake
  • ✅ git
  • ✅ vim
  • ✅ emacs
  • ✅ tor
  • ✅ slack
  • ✅ docker
  • virtualbox

VirtualBox 6 in Mint 19

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.

VirtualBox 6.0