Fedora Linux related tutorial/FAQ

yum find out path where is package installed to on CentOS/RHEL

January 5, 2018in CentOS, Fedora Linux, Package Management, RedHat and Friends last updated January 5, 2018

I have install htop package on a CentOS/RHEL. I wanted find out where and at what path htop package installed all files. Is there an easy way to tell yum where is package installed on a CentOS/RHEL?

How to patch Meltdown CPU Vulnerability CVE-2017-5754 on Linux

January 4, 2018April 20, 2018in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Fedora Linux, Linux, RedHat and Friends, Security, Suse last updated April 20, 2018

A very serious security problem has been found in the Intel CPUs. Meltdown CPU Vulnerability CVE-2017-5754 breaks the most fundamental isolation between user applications and the operating system. This attack allows a program to access the memory, and thus also the secrets, of other programs and the operating system. How do I protect my Linux server and laptop/desktop against such attack?

How to install or compile GIMP filters/plugins/extensions on Linux

October 18, 2017in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Fedora Linux, Linux, Package Management, RedHat and Friends last updated October 18, 2017

How do I install or compile new GIMP filters on a Ubuntu or Debian or Fedora or CentOS Linux desktop system?

How to install and setup LXC (Linux Container) on Fedora Linux 26

July 13, 2017July 13, 2017in Fedora Linux, Linux, Linux Containers (LXC) last updated July 13, 2017

How do I install, create and manage LXC (Linux Containers – an operating system-level virtualization) on Fedora Linux version 26 server?

How to delete and remove files on Fedora Linux

May 12, 2017May 21, 2018in Commands, Fedora Linux, Linux last updated May 21, 2018

I am a new Fedora Linux user. How do I delete and remove a file on Fedora Linux based system?

How to disable fast mirror yum plugin in CentOS Linux server

April 26, 2017in CentOS, Fedora Linux, Linux last updated April 26, 2017

This might sound little crazy, but I want to disable yum plugin called the fast mirror. It always selects mirror hosted in my country which is very slow. As a result of all my yum command download file at 4-8Kb/s only. I am also behind a proxy server. How do I disable the fastest mirror plugin on CentOS Linux 6 or 7 server?

How to enable TLS/SSL encryption with Glusterfs storage cluster on Linux

March 7, 2017July 21, 2017in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Fedora Linux, File system, Linux, RedHat and Friends, Suse last updated July 21, 2017

I setup GlusterFS cluster on Ubuntu Linux. How do I enable network encryption using TLS/SSL for my Glusterfs storage cluster on Linux for security reasons? How do I setup I/O encryption and management encryption with Glusterfs?

nixCraft