It appears that the default editor in Fedora comes up as nano. For those of y’all that prefer vim – here is how to switch that: For systemctl edit For a single user: echo “export SYSTEMD_EDITOR=vim” >> ~/.bashrc Systemwide: echo … Continue reading →
Applies to Fedora 32 and higher Execute : systemctl edit getty@ and add the following lines: [Service] ExecStartPre=echo “\\S” > /etc/issue ; echo “Kernel \\r on an \\m (\\l)” >> /etc/issue ; /usr/sbin/ifconfig | /usr/bin/grep inet | /usr/bin/head -n 1 … Continue reading →
First, open the terminal and run the following command to update your system by getting the latest software packages for Fedora 32. $ sudo dnf upgrade –refresh Second, install the special DNF plugin for system upgrade (if you haven’t already). … Continue reading →
rc.local is a very convenient method of firing off a process when the system is booted. It is being phased out. To replace it you can do the following: create a file named /usr/lib/systemd/system/StartupService.service [Service] Type=forking TimeoutSec=0 RemainAfterExit=yes ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/StartupScript … Continue reading →
You log onto your linux system and you get the message “Could not apply the sotred configuration to monitors” Start a bash prompt cd ~/.config mv monitors.xml monitors.xml.zzz Log off and log back on again
Continue reading →su – dnf copr enable luminoso/Signal-Desktop yum -y install signal-desktop Tested on Fedora 31 and 32 Reference: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/luminoso/Signal-Desktop/
Continue reading →I installed Fedora Mate Compiz on my desktop machine – but I wanted to also be able to access the desktop remotely using RDP To do so – yum -y install xrdp firewall-cmd –permanent –zone=public –add-port=3389/tcp firewall-cmd –reload systemctl start … Continue reading →
If you need email delivered to a specific server for selected domains you do the following: As root, edit the /etc/postfix/main.cf. Find (or add) the line that starts with transport_maps= If it does not exist, add the line “transport_maps=hash:/etc/postfix/transport. If … Continue reading →
Pandoc Everyone I know who works with markup languages says Pandoc is the go-to utility for converting between those languages. And for good reason: Pandoc not only does some pretty nifty conversions, it’s fast, too. Have a file formatted with … Continue reading →
In linux, hard drive dev assignments can get changed between reboots – especially with external/removable drives. This means using /dev/sdX or /dev/hdX is not the best way to mount a drive that needs to be mounted every time at boot. … Continue reading →