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Use a drop-down terminal for fast commands in Fedora
A drop-down terminal lets you tap a key and quickly enter any command on your desktop. Often it creates a terminal in a smooth way, sometimes with effects. This article demonstrates how it helps to...
View ArticleCommand line quick tips: Using pipes to connect tools
One of the most powerful concepts of Linux is carried on from its predecessor, UNIX. Your Fedora system has a bunch of useful, single-purpose utilities available for all sorts of simple operations....
View ArticleHow RPM packages are made: the spec file
In the previous article on RPM package building, you saw that source RPMS include the source code of the software, along with a “spec” file. This post digs into the spec file, which contains...
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GNOME 3.34 released — coming soon in Fedora 31
Today the GNOME project announced the release of GNOME 3.34. This latest release of GNOME will be the default desktop environment in Fedora 31 Workstation. The Beta release of Fedora 31 is currently...
View ArticleAnnouncing the release of Fedora 31 Beta
The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Fedora 31 Beta, the next step towards our planned Fedora 31 release at the end of October. Download the prerelease from our Get...
View ArticleCodeReady Containers: complex solutions on OpenShift + Fedora
Want to experiment with (complex) solutions on OpenShift 4.1+? CodeReady Containers (CRC) on a physical Fedora server is a great choice. It lets you: Configure the RAM available to CRC / OpenShift...
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Fedora and CentOS Stream
From the desk of the Fedora Project Leader: Hi everyone! You may have seen the announcement about changes over at the CentOS Project. (If not, please go ahead and take a few minutes and read it — I’ll...
View ArticleFedora projects for Hacktoberfest
It’s October! That means its time for the annual Hacktoberfest presented by DigitalOcean and DEV. Hacktoberfest is a month-long event that encourages contributions to open source software projects....
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Make your Python code look good with Black on Fedora
The Python programing language is often praised for its simple syntax. In fact the language recognizes that code is read much more often than it is written. Black is a tool that automatically formats...
View ArticleUsing SSH port forwarding on Fedora
You may already be familiar with using the ssh command to access a remote system. The protocol behind ssh allows terminal input and output to flow through a secure channel. But did you know that you...
View ArticleA quick introduction to Toolbox on Fedora
Toolbox allows you to sort and manage your development environments in containers without requiring root privileges or manually attaching volumes. It creates a container where you can install your own...
View ArticleDevelop GUI apps using Flutter on Fedora
When it comes to app development frameworks, Flutter is the latest and greatest. Google seems to be planning to take over the entire GUI app development world with Flutter, starting with mobile...
View ArticleEnable remote collaboration with tmate.io on Fedora
Being able to collaborate on task remotely is an increasing need in today’s world. Contributing to Open Source project ? Working remotely ? tmate is a tmux fork that makes it easy to share a terminal...
View ArticleHow to get MongoDB Server on Fedora
Mongo (from “humongous”) is a high-performance, open source, schema-free document-oriented database, which is one of the most favorite so-called NoSQL databases. It uses JSON as a document format, and...
View ArticleDemonstrating PERL with Tic-Tac-Toe, Part 1
Larry Wall’s Practical Extraction and Reporting Language (PERL) was originally developed in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language that borrowed features from C, sh, awk, sed, BASIC, and...
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Make free encrypted backups to the cloud on Fedora
Most free cloud storage is limited to 5GB or less. Even Google Drive is limited to 15GB. While not heavily advertised, IBM offers free accounts with a whopping 25GB of cloud storage for free. This is...
View ArticleDemonstrating PERL with Tic-Tac-Toe, Part 2
The astute observer may have noticed that PERL is misspelled. In a March 1, 1999 interview with Linux Journal, Larry Wall explained that he originally intended to include the letter “A” from the word...
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Using the Quarkus Framework on Fedora Silverblue – Just a Quick Look
Quarkus is a framework for Java development that is described on their web site as: A Kubernetes Native Java stack tailored for OpenJDK HotSpot and GraalVM, crafted from the best of breed Java...
View ArticleAnnouncing the release of Fedora 32 Beta
The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Fedora 32 Beta, the next step towards our planned Fedora 32 release at the end of April. Download the prerelease from our Get...
View ArticleUsing data from spreadsheets in Fedora with Python
Python is one of the most popular and powerful programming languages available. Because it’s free and open source, it’s available to everyone — and most Fedora systems come with the language already...
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