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Do services need to be restarted when updating packages

Posted by Alex On January 24, 2022

Package configuration: whether to restart the service During the installation of package updates and their configuration, the apt program may ask you to restart the service: There are services installed on your system which need to be restarted when certain libraries, such as libpam, libc, and libssl, are upgraded. Since these restarts may cause interruptions of service for the system,...

How to Install the Latest Linux Kernels on Ubuntu and Linux Mint

Posted by Alex On September 23, 2021

Recent versions of the Linux kernel have drivers for new devices and other innovations. Unfortunately, many popular Linux distributions are in no rush to update their kernel. This tutorial will show you how easy it is to install any version of the Linux kernel on Ubuntu and Linux Mint without compiling. You can choose to install either a newer kernel...

Linux Mint 20.2 Released: What’s New & Download Links

Posted by Alex On July 7, 2021

Download Linux Mint 20.2 Linux Mint 20.2 is uploaded to the mirrors and is available for download: Linux Mint Cinnamon Development versions 20.2: x64 Linux Mint MATE Development versions 20.2: x64 Linux Mint 20.2 “Uma” The biggest piece of news this month is the upcoming release of Linux Mint 20.2 “Uma”. After the stable release is officially unveiled, the upgrade path...

How to install PowerShell in Linux Mint

Posted by Alex On March 25, 2021

The PowerShell installation instructions often forget about Linux Mint, apparently, their authors believe that Linux Mint users do not need PowerShell. Let's fill that gap and take a look at how to install PowerShell in Linux Mint. Linux Mint has several versions - “regular”, which, by the way, also differs in desktop environments (Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce) and LMDE (stands for...

How to install a web server (Apache, PHP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin) on Linux Mint, Ubuntu and Debian

Posted by Alex On March 16, 2021

If you are a webmaster, or a PHP programmer, or you just need to run a website on your computer, then you can do it using a web server. On Linux, the web server (Apache) and related components (PHP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin) are installed in just a few commands. This tutorial will show you how to set up a web server...

Chromium will no longer sync passwords - what should Linux users do?

Posted by Alex On March 4, 2021

Chrome and Chromium on Linux Everyone knows the Google Chrome web browser. Chromium is at its core. That is, Chromium is the open source web browser that Google builds on the Chrome web browser, adding proprietary (i.e. closed) code to it. The Chrome browser is distributed by Google itself as compiled files. The Chromium browser is available as open source....

Error “Cannot load modules/libphp7.so” (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On February 19, 2021

Some Linux distributions have already started migrating to PHP 8. In some distributions the new version of PHP removes the old one, as a result of which the web server may stop working due to the fact that the files specified in the web server configuration are missing or renamed. Examples of errors you may encounter: httpd: Syntax error on...

Error in LMDE “cryptsetup: WARNING: The initramfs image may not contain cryptsetup binaries nor crypto modules” (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On June 13, 2020

When updating the system, if it was necessary to rebuild initramfs (usually necessary after every Linux kernel update), a warning appeared in LMDE and other Linux distributions. This is not a critical warning and not an error – in fact, this is information about incorrect system configuration. Example of this notification: cryptsetup: WARNING: The initramfs image may not contain cryptsetup binaries nor...

How to configure Linux LMDE login without entering a password

Posted by Alex On June 12, 2020

LMDE is the Linux Mint Debian Edition. As with all Linux Mint, during installation, you can select the option “automatic login”, that is, login to Linux without entering a user and password. If during installation you did not select this option, and then changed your mind and decided to configure login without a password in LMDE, then this instruction will...

How to install VirtualBox Guest Additions in Linux LMDE

Posted by Alex On June 12, 2020

LMDE is the Linux Mint Debian Edition, i.e. Linux Mint based on Debian. VirtualBox Guest Additions are kernel modules (drivers) that are needed if you run Linux LMDE in a VirtualBox virtual machine. Thanks to guest additions it is possible: enable a shared clipboard between the real operating system and the guest OS enable file drag and drop between host...