opensuse HowTo - Linux / Unix Q & A from nixCraft

How to install htop on OpenSUSE Linux using zypper

last updated December 15, 2019 in Linux, Package Management, Suse

I am a new sysadmin of OpenSUSE Linux operating system. How do I install htop on OpenSUSE using the zypper command?

How to set up a firewall using FirewallD on OpenSUSE Linux

last updated December 1, 2019 in Iptables, Linux, Security

I am a new OpenSUSE Linux 15.x sysadmin. How do I set up a firewall using FirwallD on OpenSUSE Linux 15.1?

How to check CPU temperature in OpenSUSE Linux

last updated July 5, 2019 in Hardware, Monitoring, Suse

How do I check CPU temperature in OpenSUSE Linux using a command line and GUI tools on my Thinkpad laptop?

How to install VirtualBox 6 on Fedora Linux 29

last updated January 14, 2019 in Fedora Linux, Linux, Package Management, VirtualBox, Virtualization

I am a new Fedora Linux user. How can I download and install Oracle VirtualBox 6 on my Fedora Linux 29 workstations?

How to install and use Nginx on OpenSUSE Linux server

last updated December 2, 2019 in Linux, Nginx

How do I install and configure the latest version of Nginx web server on OpenSUSE Linux server using the CLI and host a static site?

How to update OpenSUSE Linux software and kernel using CLI

last updated January 7, 2019 in Linux, Package Management, Security

I am a new OpenSUSE Linux server user. How do I upgrade and update OpenSUSE Linux software and kernel from the CLI? How do I use the command line tool to upgrade your system to the latest version of openSUSE software and kernel?

OpenSUSE Linux Change Hostname (computer name) command

last updated January 22, 2020 in Linux, Suse

I am a new OpenSUSE Linux user and setup a server at Linode cloud. They setup my server name to ‘localhost’ during deplyoment but now I would like to change the computer name to something else. How can I remove old name and set it to ‘ln-sg-vpn1’ on OpenSUSE Linux? Can you tell me how do I change the OpenSUSE Linux computer name? How do I assign a static hostname to server running openSUSE Leap 15.0?