🐧 Linux

What is Linux?

Beginners Guide

• [n] Linux Journey

Terminology

CLI - Command Line Interface CGNAT - Carrier-Grade Network Address Translation - https://chuck.is/cgnat/

Useful Knowledge

Integrating AppImage

1. Download the appimage and place it in desired folder.
2. Navigate to the appimage, right click > properties, enable Executable as a Program.
3. Create a txt file located in /user/.local/share/applications with the extension .desktop
4. In the txt file paste the following;

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Appname
Icon=/path/to/your/icon.png
Exec=/path/to/app.AppImage
Categories=Utility;

5. Replace the Icon and Exec path with desired application.
6. Replace App-name with desired name.
7. Save the file
8. The appimage now appears throughout the system like a normal piece of software.

Useful Commands

• [?] What Distro am I using?

cat /etc/*release

• [?] Is my IP behind a CGNAT?
  • [i] If there is more than 1 hop, likely behind a CGNAT.

traceroute <Public IP Here>

• [?] How do I remove a program?
  • [i] First find what the program is listed as then remove with the latter input to the terminal.

apt list --installed

sudo apt purge ###

• [?] How do I fix edit permissions for an NTFS drive?

1. Mount the drive.
2. Open a terminal and enter the following;

sudo ntfsfix "drive here" - sudo ntfsfix /dev/nvme3n1p2

3. Unmount then remount the drive.

Distributions (Distros)

• [n] Linux Distro Family Tree

Name	Ease of Use	Features	Notes	Personal Rating
Linux Mint	5	LTS, User-base, lifetime of stability udates	Shit just works, has small bloat	5
Kali Linux
Arch Linux