Category: Linux

In this article, we’ll show you how to clone (copy/migrate) an installed Linux operating system to another (new) drive. The article shows the process of cloning Debian or Ubuntu, but it also applies to Red Hat/CentOS/Fedora Linux distros.

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Most modern computers and laptops released after 2016 already have a built-in TPM chip. TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is a special chip used as secure storage for encryption keys, passwords, and certificates. TPM can be used for various security apps such as key vault, secure boot, random number generation, etc. Let’s see how to check if a device has a TPM chip in Linux.

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In this article, we’ll look at how to check for Bluetooth adapters on a Linux computer or laptop, and how to find out the Bluetooth version.

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Let’s see how to fix the “MySQL server has gone away” error that appears when accessing MySQL Server.

The most common causes of the MySQL server has gone away error are:

• Packet size too large in MySQL query (default maximum packet size is 16 MB);
• You ran out of free RAM on the MySQL host (you can check the free memory in Linux using the free –h command;
• The inactive connection between your application/script and MySQL (by default, the session disconnects after 8 hours).

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