Initial Setup

Goal §

Turn a Linux Mint laptop into a basic home server.

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What I did §

• Installed Linux Mint on the laptop
• Set up user account and basic environment
• Connected to campus WiFi
• Verified internet access

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SSH Setup §

This is basically for remote access-ing into my server-laptop from anywhere*.

Installed SSH server:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install openssh-server

Checked status:

sudo systemctl status ssh

Enabled SSH:

sudo systemctl enable ssh

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Finding IP Address §

hostname -I

Used this IP to connect from Mac:

ssh my_username@<ip-address>

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Directory Structure §

Created basic folders:

mkdir ~/Plex
mkdir ~/Jellyfin
mkdir ~/Movies

Later organized into:

~/Jellyfin/
├── Films
└── TV

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Basic Script Setup §

Created simple scripts:

nano script.sh

Made executable:

chmod +x script.sh

Moved scripts to global path:

sudo mv script.sh /usr/local/bin/script

Now usable as:

script

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Permissions §

Checked folder permissions:

ls -ld ~/Jellyfin

Changed ownership when needed:

sudo chown -R akwastaken:akwastaken ~/Jellyfin

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Notes §

• SSH worked only inside the same network initially
• IP changes after reconnecting to WiFi
• Needed repeated use of hostname -I
• Learned basic file permissions and script execution