Linux

Get Linux Info

Get current build and Linux OS data:

• cat /etc/os-release

Remote Desktop Protocol App for linux

Remmina can be used for RDP connections to windows computers using RDP as well as VNC SSH and others

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To user also need to install xrdp and tightvnc:

• sudo apt install xrdp xorgxrdp -y
• echo env -u SESSION_MANAGER -u DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS cinnamon-session>~/.xsession

Other newer option is xserver-xorg-core

Swap File

Check size of swap file:

• swapon -s

increase swap file to 8GB:

• sudo swapoff -a #turn off swap file
• sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=8192 #set size of blocks for swap file and create
• sudo chmod 0600 /swapfile #Assign it read/write permissions for root only
• sudo mkswap /swapfile #Format the file as swap
• sudo swapon -a #enable swap file - will also be activated on next reboot without this command

Alternate commands to make 8GB swap file

• sudo swapoff /swapfile
• sudo rm /swapfile
• sudo fallocate -l 8G /swapfile