Install draw.io Desktop AppImage on Linux Mint

Install draw.io Desktop on Linux Mint (should work for Debian as well): Download AppImage file from Github releases page, e.g. Release 27.0.9 · jgraph/drawio-desktop Make AppImage file executable: chmod u+x drawio.AppImage Move AppImage file to ~/.local/bin/ mv drawio.AppImage ~/.local/bin/drawio.AppImage Create and edit the desktop entry file nano ~/.local/share/applications/appimagekit-drawio.desktop Add following content to the desktop entry file and save changes [Desktop Entry] Name=draw.io Comment=Diagramming Application Exec=/home/YOUR_USERNAME/.local/bin/appimagekit-drawio.AppImage Icon=com.jgraph.drawio.desktop Terminal=false Type=Application Categories=Graphics; Update the desktop database xdg-desktop-menu install ~/.local/share/applications/appimagekit-drawio.desktop draw.io should appear in Linux Mint start menu under “Graphics”

June 6, 2025 · 1 min

EFI boot manager

Update EFI Boot Manager. Add new bootloaders for Windows OS and Linux Mint OS # Print available disks (drives) and partitions lsblk -o name,UUID,partuuid,mountpoint # Assumption ## Windows OS bootloader is installed on /dev/nvme0n1 ## Linux OS bootloader is installed on /dev/nvme1n1 # Add Windows bootloader entry sudo efibootmgr -c -d /dev/nvme0n1 -p 1 -l \\EFI\\Microsoft\\Boot\\bootmgfw.efi -L "Windows Boot Manager" # Add Linux Mint bootloader entry # shimx64.efi supports SecureBoot sudo efibootmgr -c -d /dev/nvme1n1 -p 1 -l \\efi\\debian\\shimx64.efi -L "Linux Mint" # Print the bootloader list sudo efibootmgr # Output: ## BootCurrent: 0000 ## Timeout: 2 seconds ## BootOrder: 0000,0001,0019,0003,0010,0011,0012,0013,0017,0018,001A,001B,001C,001D,001E ## Boot0000* Linux Mint ## Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager ## Boot0003* ubuntu # Optional: Remove unused bootloaders ## Example: Remove the Boot0003* ubuntu bootloader ## First, inactivate Boot0003 (ID 3) ## sudo efibootmgr -b 3 -A ## Finally, remove Boot0003 (ID 3) ## sudo efibootmgr -b 3 -B # Print the updated bootloader list ## sudo efibootmgr # Update the grub configuration sudo update-grub # Reboot and test

August 15, 2024 · 1 min