How to install Google Chrome in Fedora 44
Fedora already ships the Google Chrome repository — disabled. One dnf5 command enables it. Plus: the dnf4 syntax trap in older guides, and why the manual RPM route gets updates after all.
How to install KDE Plasma on AlmaLinux 9
I’ve just spun up a Vm of AlmaLinux 9 through Cockpit, but to my surprise it didn’t come with a desktop environment installed. It was an auto-download so probably didn’t contain any such components (it would come with GNOME by default). I had to do a little digging and found out how to install KDE, … Read more
How to auto-mount an exFAT drive in Fedora with KDE
I have an exFAT partition on a dual-boot MacBook so both operating system can share data. macOS mounts it by default, but of course Linux would never be that practical. In KDE Plasma’s Dolphin I can click the unmounted partiton and the drive becomes available, but it means an additional step for me I’d like … Read more
How to run Faceform Wrap on Linux
Wrap is a super useful 3D tool that once was known as the Russian 3D Scanner. I’ve always wanted to install it on my Fedora machine since it has a native Linux binary for download. My first attempt failed, but using the following packages, I got it working on both Fedora 42 and Ubuntu (via … Read more
How to check your DNF History in Fedora
Frequently a harmless looking Fedora update breaks vital functionality. It’s part of the “fun” working with oh so stable and reliable Linux Desktop distributions… or is it? Regardless, we may from time to time have to check which exact package in the previous update broke some functionality, and of course people like me have no … Read more
Getting Started with WSL in Windows 11
I wanted to access several EXT4 partitions on a dual-boot Fedora/Windows system from Windows to share storage space. One option I came across was to boot into Windows, then use WSL to mount these partitions and use them as if they were native drives. Did it work? I’ll leave that for another article (it got … Read more
How to setup VSFTP on Fedora
FTP is a cheap and easy way to communicate with a headless server. While I’m happily using FileZilla Server on several other systems, there’s no pre-built binary for Fedora available. However, both ProFTP and VSFTP are simple FTP servers that can be installed from the command line and are ready to rock in seconds. Let’s … Read more
How to logout from KDE Plasma from the Command Line
As much as I enjoy KDE Plasma, it can be a cringeworthy buggy mess of trash sometimes. Not most of the time, but certainly when it doesn’t work. Recently its plasmashell component started crashing on startup in an endless loop, rendering my system’s usability useless. There was nothing I could do from the GUI to … Read more