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
Continue reading →Tag Archives: fedora
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
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 the special DNF plugin for system … 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 →