Linux Basics
Linux Distro = Base + Desktop Environment + Window Manager + Display Manager + Display Server
Base - The main root of the distro
Stable Base, Slowest Updates - Debian
Semi-Rolling Base - Fedora
Rolling Base, Fastest Updates - Arch
Desktop Environments = A collection of programs and utilities, customizations + Window Manager + Display Manager + Display Server
GTK3 DEs - GNOME, Cinnamon, XFCE, Mate
QT5 DEs - KDE Plasma
Window Managers - Draws and controls windows of applications
Stacking WMs - Mutter, KWin, Xfwm, Openbox
Tiling WMs - i3, bspwm
Dynamic WMs - awesome, dwm
Display Managers - The interface which allows a user to login into the system after booting process is complete.
GUI DMs - GDM, LightDM, SDDM
Console DMs - CDM, Console TDM
Display Server - Manages input and output from OS, Hardware over a GUI.
Legacy, Widely Used - X Org
Modern, Still under development - Wayland
#linux_basics
Linux Distro = Base + Desktop Environment + Window Manager + Display Manager + Display Server
Base - The main root of the distro
Stable Base, Slowest Updates - Debian
Semi-Rolling Base - Fedora
Rolling Base, Fastest Updates - Arch
Desktop Environments = A collection of programs and utilities, customizations + Window Manager + Display Manager + Display Server
GTK3 DEs - GNOME, Cinnamon, XFCE, Mate
QT5 DEs - KDE Plasma
Window Managers - Draws and controls windows of applications
Stacking WMs - Mutter, KWin, Xfwm, Openbox
Tiling WMs - i3, bspwm
Dynamic WMs - awesome, dwm
Display Managers - The interface which allows a user to login into the system after booting process is complete.
GUI DMs - GDM, LightDM, SDDM
Console DMs - CDM, Console TDM
Display Server - Manages input and output from OS, Hardware over a GUI.
Legacy, Widely Used - X Org
Modern, Still under development - Wayland
#linux_basics
Kali Linux
Hey!
How having a creepy profile pic and using Kali Linux or it's tools won't make you a hacker ?
Check @skids_say for hilarious things !
Also Kali Linux should be never used as a daily-driver. You have been warned.
Should I use Kali ?
#hackerman
Hey!
How having a creepy profile pic and using Kali Linux or it's tools won't make you a hacker ?
Check @skids_say for hilarious things !
Also Kali Linux should be never used as a daily-driver. You have been warned.
Should I use Kali ?
#hackerman
Learn Linux
Is this your first time with Linux? Don't worry, we all were once like you. Have a fun time learning Linux.
Common Usage
https://github.com/mikeroyal/Linux-Mint-Guide
Choose Linux Distro
Libre Hunt | Distro Chooser
Basics
Live Boot | Installation
Learning
The Art of Command Line | Linux Command | Linux Journey | Linux Survival
Wikipedia
Arch Linux | Manjaro | Debian | Ubuntu
systemd by example - the systemd playground
https://systemd-by-example.com
#learn_linux
Is this your first time with Linux? Don't worry, we all were once like you. Have a fun time learning Linux.
Common Usage
https://github.com/mikeroyal/Linux-Mint-Guide
Choose Linux Distro
Libre Hunt | Distro Chooser
Basics
Live Boot | Installation
Learning
The Art of Command Line | Linux Command | Linux Journey | Linux Survival
Wikipedia
Arch Linux | Manjaro | Debian | Ubuntu
systemd by example - the systemd playground
https://systemd-by-example.com
#learn_linux
Linux Partitioning.pdf
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Help regarding making partitions.
#partition
#partition
Convert MBR to GPT
Without data loss - https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/81502-convert-windows-10-legacy-bios-uefi-without-data-loss.html
With Data loss - https://www.diskpart.com/articles/gparted-convert-mbr-to-gpt-4125.html
#mbr2gpt
Without data loss - https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/81502-convert-windows-10-legacy-bios-uefi-without-data-loss.html
With Data loss - https://www.diskpart.com/articles/gparted-convert-mbr-to-gpt-4125.html
#mbr2gpt
Tenforums
Convert Windows 10 from Legacy BIOS to UEFI without Data Loss - Windows 10 Help Forums
How to Convert Windows 10 from Legacy BIOS to UEFI without Data Loss
Linux Mint Docs
Linux Mint has a wonderful documentation. If you are confused on anything starting from installation to usage, you should definitely have a look at it.
#docs
Linux Mint has a wonderful documentation. If you are confused on anything starting from installation to usage, you should definitely have a look at it.
#docs
Linuxmint
Documentation - Linux Mint
Linux Mint is an elegant, easy to use, up to date and comfortable desktop operating system.
Dual/multi-booting Windows and other Linux distributions
This will ensure Windows does not over write Linux GRUB entries in a common EFI partition after each Windows update.
NOTE: Windows should be installed first.
Tips:
1. When you install Windows, by default it creates a 100MB EFI partition for itself. Create a separate EFI partition of around 256MB for each Linux distro.
2. If you have 2 or more physical drives, install Windows on 1st drive and other Linux distros on the rest of the drives.
#multi_boot
This will ensure Windows does not over write Linux GRUB entries in a common EFI partition after each Windows update.
NOTE: Windows should be installed first.
Tips:
1. When you install Windows, by default it creates a 100MB EFI partition for itself. Create a separate EFI partition of around 256MB for each Linux distro.
2. If you have 2 or more physical drives, install Windows on 1st drive and other Linux distros on the rest of the drives.
#multi_boot
Tools for creating bootable USB drive from ISO image(s)
External Tools:
1. Ventoy: https://ventoy.net (multi-ISO boot support)
2. Rufus: https://rufus.ie/
3. Etcher: https://www.balena.io/etcher
4. Unetbootin: https://unetbootin.github.io
5. WoeUSB: https://github.com/slacka/WoeUSB
Built-in Tools:
1. dd : https://www.ostechnix.com/how-to-create-bootable-usb-drive-using-dd-command
2. GNOME Disk Utility > USB Drive > Options > Restore Disk Image
3. Linux Mint USB Image Writer
#usb_tools
External Tools:
1. Ventoy: https://ventoy.net (multi-ISO boot support)
2. Rufus: https://rufus.ie/
3. Etcher: https://www.balena.io/etcher
4. Unetbootin: https://unetbootin.github.io
5. WoeUSB: https://github.com/slacka/WoeUSB
Built-in Tools:
1. dd : https://www.ostechnix.com/how-to-create-bootable-usb-drive-using-dd-command
2. GNOME Disk Utility > USB Drive > Options > Restore Disk Image
3. Linux Mint USB Image Writer
#usb_tools
rufus.ie
Rufus - The Official Website (Download, New Releases)
Rufus is a small application that creates bootable USB drives, which can then be used to install or run Microsoft Windows, Linux or DOS. In just a few minutes, and with very few clicks, Rufus can help you run a new Operating System on your computer...
Let's Install Ventoy in Linux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWXMGpV8_Dc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWXMGpV8_Dc
YouTube
Let's Install Ventoy in Linux
Ventoy's been out for a quite a while and has gained popularity in the past few weeks. I noticed that lots of folks were having problems installing Ventoy to a disk from within Linux. Some even gave up and did it from Windows! Can't have that. So, here!
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235M Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube profiles exposed in database breach
https://thenextweb.com/security/2020/08/20/235m-instagram-tiktok-and-youtube-profiles-exposed-in-database-breach/
Note
It is not a password leak or credentials leak. It is a breach of your public information (like username, display name, followers)
https://thenextweb.com/security/2020/08/20/235m-instagram-tiktok-and-youtube-profiles-exposed-in-database-breach/
Note
It is not a password leak or credentials leak. It is a breach of your public information (like username, display name, followers)
TNW
235M Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube profiles exposed in database breach
A databased containing scraped data of nearly 235 million social media users from Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube was exposed without any password protection. It contained user information such as names, contact info, images, and stats about
Linux turns 29 today !
https://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/happy-29th-birthday-linux-200824193505.html
https://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/happy-29th-birthday-linux-200824193505.html
Linuxtoday
Linux Today - Happy 29th Birthday, Linux!
29 years ago, on August 25, 1991, 21-year-old Finnish student Linus Benedict Torvalds made his now-famous announcement on the comp.os.minix news group.
Backup Tip
If you have some extra space on your HDD or SSD (20-30GB+), you can create a separate partition during installation specially for backing up system. In the picture it has been created as
After booting up, install timeshift
Using this method, you can restore backups even when your
You can even restore to your previous distribution if you don't like your current distro.
Thanks to @prathamesh_d for tip.
If you have some extra space on your HDD or SSD (20-30GB+), you can create a separate partition during installation specially for backing up system. In the picture it has been created as
/mnt/timeshift
and formatted as ext4.After booting up, install timeshift
sudo apt install timeshift
. Open timeshift and then select the partition you created for storing system backups.Using this method, you can restore backups even when your
/
(root) partition gets deleted or corrupted.You can even restore to your previous distribution if you don't like your current distro.
Thanks to @prathamesh_d for tip.
The Linux Mint team is waiting for the language translations to be completed. Now the webapp is new. Below are the languages that are about 100% ready. If your country is not listed? You can help other people in your country by becoming a language translator.
Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian Latin, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
https://translations.launchpad.net/linuxmint
Thanks to : Kimmo Kujansuu
Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian Latin, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
https://translations.launchpad.net/linuxmint
Thanks to : Kimmo Kujansuu
Launchpad
Translations : Linux Mint
Episode 16 Distro Hoppers Digest
https://distrohoppersdigest.blogspot.com/2020/09/episode-16-linux-mint-20-sparkylinux.html
https://distrohoppersdigest.blogspot.com/2020/09/episode-16-linux-mint-20-sparkylinux.html
Blogspot
Episode 16 - Linux Mint 20, SparkyLinux, Solus Plasma, Ubuntu Unity and Gecko Linux
Episode 16 .mp3 Episode 10 .ogg MONTHLY FOIBLES ...wherein we discuss what did and didn’t work for us this month… Moss - I co...