Category ‘Fedora’

• TECHPULP | How to unzip files with .7z extension in Fedora Linux
  There is an open source tool names 7zip  which creates compressed files with .7z extension. Fedora Linux provides a package in its repository to install the application if required. First of all, you need to install “p7zip” package in the...
• TECHPULP | How to get standard 80×25 console instead of SVGA console in Fedora Linux
  If you want to get good old 80×25 console in text mode of Fedora, you need to pass “nomodeset” option to the kernel. Open the file /etc/grub.conf or /boot/grub/grub.conf file and “nomodeset” option to the “kernel” line of the active...

• TECHPULP | How to disable graphical boot in Fedora
  To disable graphical boot in Fedora, you need to modify system configuration. Open the file “/etc/sysconfig/init” and change the line “GRAPHICAL=yes” to “GRAPHICAL=no“. This only disables Fedora from using graphics mode during start up. So Fedora shows the text bar...
• TECHPULP | How to install VLC Media Player on Fedora
  Fedora doesn’t distribute VLC media player as part its core and updates. So you need download rpms from rpmfusion.org as shown below. [root@techpulp ~]# rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm [root@techpulp ~]# yum install -y vlc [root@techpulp ~]# yum install -y mozilla-vlc Off...

• TECHPULP | How to retain RPMs downloaded by yum
  Generally yum deletes all RPMs it downloads right after installing them. If you want to save Internet bandwidth and have multiple systems to be updated, you can make yum to keep the RPMs it downloads. The highlighted line in /etc/yum.conf...
• TECHPULP | How to export a NFS volume in Fedora or RedHat Linux
  NFS stands for Network File System and is a easy way to share files across Linux systems. However the downside of NFS file sharing is that shared folder can’t be protected with a password. But you can limit access to...

• TECHPULP | Fedora 11 (LEONIDAS) gets ready to hit the road by end of May
  The upcoming Fedora 11 release, named Leonidas, is scheduled to be released towards end of May. This release comes up with all latest versions of desktops like KDE, GNOME, XFCE and popular applications like Firefox, OpenOffice.org etc. The following are...