Smart Questions

Wrong ways of asking a question:
1. Can I ask a question ?
2. Is there anyone who can help me ?
3. Are there any "XYZ" experts / pros around ?
4. Anyone expert in "XYZ" ?
5. I am facing an issue with "XYZ"

Right way of asking a question and mentioning the details:
- Describe your problem related to XYZ in detail.
- Describe what were you doing before the problem occurred.
- Describe what steps you have done after the problem occurred.
- Mention your hardware specs / software information.
- Attach a screen shot / screen record of the problem.

More info you provide, higher are the chances of your problem getting resolved.

http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
http://dontasktoask.com

#smart_question

Boot Time

Check which processes are slowing down your boot time. Enter any of these commands in terminal and post your output.
systemd-analyze time
systemd-analyze blame
systemd-analyze critical-chain
systemd-analyze plot > plot.noscript

#boot_time

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

Install Linux Mint

Download ISO : https://linuxmint.com/download.php

Guide : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZZaM5BRz4I

#install_mint

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

Help regarding making partitions.
#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

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

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

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