Install Brave on Fedora
wget https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/brave-browser.repo sudo dnf config-manager addrepo –from-repofile=./brave-browser.repo sudo dnf install brave-browser Tested on Fedora 41
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Gnome on Fedora 41
If you set up Fedora 41 server and realized later you need the graphical desktop, execute this as root: dnf -y install gnome-desktop4 gnome-session-wayland-session gnome-classic-session f41-backgrounds-gnome gnome-control-center gnome-panel gnome-terminal gnome-text-editor gnome-calculator gnome-calendar gnome-disk-utility gnome-font-viewer gnome-logs gnome-usage gnome-system-monitor gnome-session-xsession firefox libreoffice … Continue reading →
RemoteDesktop on Linux
The following has been tested on Fedora 39, 40 and 41 and Rocky 9 First – install the software sudo dnf -y install xrdp xorgxrdp-glamor edit /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini Find the line [Xvnc]. Comment out that section by putting a # in … Continue reading →
Throttle processor speed in Linux
I have a system that runs in a environment that tends to be on the warm side. If the processor starts running at 3Ghz or higher, the processor starts some serious overheating. Applications I have running on this system do … Continue reading →
Change Fedora Login Screen Wallpaper
Fedora 39 From a bash prompt: su – cp DesiredImage.png /usr/share/backgrounds/f39/default/f39-01-day.png cp DesiredImage.png /usr/share/backgrounds/f39/default/f39-01-night.png Fedora 38 From a bash prompt: su – cp DesiredImage.png /usr/share/backgrounds/f38/f38-01-day.png cp DesiredImage.png /usr/share/backgrounds/f38/f38-01-night.png That is it!
Continue reading →Add IP Address to /etc/issue
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 →
Change default editor to vim
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 →
Upgrade Fedora
Upgrading Fedora 41 to Fedora 42 First, open the terminal and run the following command to update your system by getting the latest software packages for current version of Fedora you have installed $ sudo dnf upgrade –refresh Second, install … Continue reading →
Could not apply stored configuration to monitors
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 →RDesktop on Fedora Mate Compiz
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 →