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Find UUID in Linux Mint 20 - How to do it ?

This article covers the different methods to find out the UUID in a Linux Mint 20 system.
UUID is the "universally unique identifier" that is assigned to devices on a Linux system for the purpose of identification.
For example if your hard disk has 3 partitions then each partition is a device and has a uuid.
Similarly cd/dvd, usb drives etc all are assigned a uuid.

Different methods To identify Disk Partition/FileSystem UUID in Linux:
1. blkid Command: locate/print block device attributes.
2. lsblk Command: lsblk lists information about all available or the specified block devices.
3. hwinfo Command: hwinfo stands for hardware information tool and great utility that used to probe for the hardware present in the system.
4. udevadm Command: udev management tool.
5. tune2fs Command: adjust tunable filesystem parameters on ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystems.
6. dumpe2fs Command: dump ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem information.
7. Using by-uuid Path: The directory contains UUID and real block device files, UUIDs were symlink with real block device files.

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Install Microsoft Edge Browser on Ubuntu 20.04 - Step by Step Process ?

This article covers how to install Microsoft Edge on Ubuntu OS.

With Microsoft Edge PPA, you can be aware of a newer version whenever it is released.

While with the .deb package, you will have to download the latest .deb package and then install it again to update the current version.

To Install Microsoft Edge Browser in Ubuntu:
1. Download the package:

$ curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg

sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge-dev.list'

sudo rm microsoft.gpg

2. Install Microsoft Edge Browser:

$ sudo apt update

$ sudo apt install microsoft-edge-dev

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Install Cinnamon Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Step by Step Process ?

This article covers steps to install Cinnamon desktop on your Ubuntu 20.04 system.
Want to try out the Cinnamon Desktop Environment?

Without installing Linux Mint, you can get the desktop packages in Ubuntu via a few commands.
Cinnamon is available in Ubuntu main repositories, though the package version is however a little old.
Ensure to enable universe repository and then use this command to install Cinnamon on Ubuntu 20.04:

$ sudo apt install cinnamon

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Install Microsoft Edge Browser on Linux Mint 20 - Step by Step Process ?

This article covers methods of installing and uninstalling the Microsoft Edge browser on a Linux Mint 20 system.

Also, if you want to get rid of it, you can conveniently uninstall it.
Edge for Linux currently supports Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and OpenSUSE distributions.

Developers may install Edge from the Microsoft Edge Insider site or Microsoft's Linux Software Repository.

To Install Edge on Debian, Ubuntu, and Mint:

$ curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg

$ sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/

$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge-dev.list'

$ sudo rm microsoft.gpg

$ sudo apt update

$ sudo apt install microsoft-edge-dev

Once successfully installed on your Linux Mint system, launch the browser from your favorite app launcher, or run microsoft-edge-dev from a command prompt.

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Setup Xrdp over Xorg in CentOS Linux System with Multi Sessions

This article covers how to run Xrdp over Xorg protocol, which far most secure and recommended over the XVNC protocols.
Also, we covered the sessions manager that how you can manage your remote connections by tweaking its configuration parameters which sometimes come in a challenging phase.

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Install GNOME Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Step by Step Process ?

This article covers methods to Install GNOME Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Most Ubuntu servers are run on CLI (Command-Line Interface) mode.

But in some cases, one may need to have a desktop to install some applications with GUI (Grapich User Interface) mode.

To Update Repositories and Packages on Ubuntu:
Start by updating the repositories and package lists:

# sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Press Y and hit enter when asked if you want to continue.

To Install Gnome on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa:
1. First, make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date by running these following apt commands in the terminal: