Linux Stuff

Installing Linux on a Dead Badger: User's Notes

Installation Assistance

Command Line Linux (Proper Linux)

• Minimal Debian
• Minimal Ubuntu
• Linux From Scratch (Build your own distro!)

tips & How-Tos

• Adding a new drive from the command line
• Installing Samba from the command line
  • Mounting CIFS (Samba, Windows...) Shares from the command line
• Setting up NFS for file sharing

Taking a screenshot in Cinnamon

(Cinnamon being the desktop I prefer on any Linux system I set up with a GUI...)

Here are the default shortcuts. You can customize them in Keyboard Settings.

Action	Shortcut
Take a screenshot	Print
Take a screenshot of a window	Alt + Print
Take a screenshot of an area	Shift + Print
Copy screen to clipboard	Control + Print
Copy window to clipboard	Control + Alt + Print
Copy area to clipboard	Shift + Control + Print
Toggle recording desktop	Shift + Control + Alt + R

Print may have its own special label on your keyboard. On mine the Print key is labeled PrtSc.

Linux for the Desktop

All Linux distros should attempt to be as user friendly as possible, that's the sign of a polished well made OS. And no distro should ever become complacent about the quality of it's UX, all distros should always strive to make things better, every time a new user becomes confused, their experience should be used to refine the UX design to make the OS better.I like Linux Mint because it attempts to be as user friendly as possible. Some people call this approach "A beginner Linux distro". I disagree. Linux Mint is a distro for all users, new and experienced. From mums who spend all day on Facebook, to programmers. - grady_vuckovic (reddit)

Distros

• Linux Mint
• LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition)
• Debian
• Ubuntu
• SparkyLinux

Desktop Environments

• Cinnamon

Useful Desktop Configurations

• Frustration Removal

Remote Access & Control

AnyDesk

AnyDesk Website

• Either download & install:
  • wget https://download.anydesk.com/linux/anydesk_6.1.1-1_amd64.deb
  • sudo apt install ./anydesk_6.1.1-1_amd64.deb
• Or set it up in the repositories for updatability:
  • wget -qO - https://keys.anydesk.com/repos/DEB-GPG-KEY | apt-key add -
  • echo "deb http://deb.anydesk.com/ all main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/anydesk-stable.list
  • apt update
  • apt install anydesk

TeamViewer

TeamViewer Website

• Download & install:
  • wget https://download.teamviewer.com/download/linux/teamviewer_amd64.deb
  • sudo apt install ./teamviewer_amd64.deb
• Updating:
  • TeamViewer add their own APT repository to your system during the install...
  • Not entirely sure how I feel about this...

Linux Applications & Tools

• vim

System Setup

• UPS Handling with NUT
• Custom Services
  • MQTT monitoring Daemon
• Stats over MQTT

Remote Management

• Screen Control

Bunches of other stuff

• n00b tips!
• Stupid Smart Linux Tricks
  • Customizations
• Shell Scripts
• Troubleshooting

• Distributions
  • Desktop Environments
  • Window Managers
  • File Managers

• How-Tos
  • Tutorials
  • File Sharing
    • AutoMounting the stock network shares (SMB) on Linux
    • NFS

Remote Desktop

• Multimedia

Linux Reference Links

• Useful (or maybe just fun) Applications & Utilities
• VMs - Software Rendering Mode
• How to use vi (or vim)
• Stats over MQTT