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Installing Google Chrome on Fedora 25 Linux

Introduction

Google Chrome is one of the fastest and most well liked browsers available. Despite its closed source, it has long been a favorite of Linux users. This is especially true because it integrates features traditionally locked behind other proprietary software, like Flash, which traditionally function poorly.

Distributions like Fedora which only ship free software don’t include Chrome, but Google provides convenient repositories to major Linux distributions to make installing and managing Chrome on Linux easy.

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Google Chrome on Fedora 31

How to install Google Chrome on Fedora 31

This artcile will provide you with simple to follow steps on how to install Google Chrome Browser on Fedora 31 Linux.

In this tutorial you will learn:

  • How to install Google Chrome Browser
  • How to start Google Chrome Browser

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Installed Nvidia drivers on Fedora 28 Linux GNOME desktop

How to install the NVIDIA drivers on Fedora 28 Linux

The NVIDIA Driver is a software necessary for your NVIDIA Graphics GPU to function with better performance. It exchanges information between your Linux operating system, in this case Fedora 28 Linux, and the hardware in question, in this case the NVIDIA Graphics GPU.

In this guide you will learn how to install NVIDIA Drivers on Fedora 28 Linux. First, we will be disabling the default nouveau opensource NVIDIA Drivers and then install the official NVIDIA Driver by using the Linux terminal command.

To install Nvidia driver on other Linux distributions, follow our Nvidia Linux Driver guide.

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Installed Nvidia drivers on Fedora 28 Linux GNOME desktop

How to install the NVIDIA drivers on Fedora 29 Linux

The NVIDIA Driver is a program needed for your NVIDIA Graphics GPU to function with better performance. It communicates between your Linux operating system, in this case Fedora 29 Linux, and your hardware, the NVIDIA Graphics GPU.

In this article you will learn how to install NVIDIA Drivers on Fedora 29 Linux. We will start by disabling the default nouveau opensource NVIDIA Drivers and then provide step by step instructions on how to successfully install the official NVIDIA Driver on Fedora 29.

To install Nvidia driver on other Linux distributions, follow our Nvidia Linux Driver guide.

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Check status, enable and start the SSH Server on Fedora Linux

How to install, start and connect to SSH Server on Fedora Linux

The tutorial will explain the basics behind SSH server and SSH client connections on Fedora Linux Workstation. By default the SSH server on Fedora Workstation may be installed but not enabled. This will cause a following error message when connecting via SSH client:

ssh: connect to host fedora-workstation port 22: Connection refused

In this tutorial you will learn:

  • How to Install SSH server
  • How to enable SSH server
  • How to Start SSH server
  • How to Connect to SSH server

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How to compile vanilla Linux kernel from source on Fedora

The kernel is the most important component of an operating system: among the other things, it provides support for different types of hardware and manages resource allocations.

Linux is a monolithic kernel: although its functionalities can be included statically or built and loaded as separate modules, it always runs as a “single piece” in the same address space. In this tutorial we will see how to download, compile and install a vanilla Linux kernel. The instructions provided should work on all Linux distributions, however this guide is focused on compiling the kernel on a Fedora system.

In this tutorial you will learn:

  • How to configure, compile and install a vanilla Linux kernel
  • How to package the compiled kernel and its modules

linux-kernel-ncurses-config-interface

The ncurses-based configuration menu for the Linux kernel

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NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit on Fedora 28 Linux

How to install NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit on Fedora 29 Linux

The Nvidia CUDA toolkit is an extension of GPU parallel computing platform and programming model. The Nvidia CUDA installation consists of inclusion of the official Nvidia CUDA repository followed by the installation of relevant meta package.

In this How to install NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit on Fedora 29 Linux tutorial you will learn:

  • How to download the latest NVIDIA CUDA repository package.
  • How to install the CUDA repository package on Fedora 29.
  • How to select and install a CUDA meta package on Fedora 29.
  • How to export system path to the Nvidia CUDA binary executables.
  • How to confirm and test your CUDA installation.

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NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit on Fedora 28 Linux

How to install NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit on Fedora 28 Linux

The Nvidia CUDA toolkit is an extension of the GPU parallel computing platform and programming model. The Nvidia CUDA installation consists of inclusion of the official Nvidia CUDA repository followed by the installation of relevant meta package.

In this How to install NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit on Fedora 28 Linux tutorial you will learn:

  • How to download the latest NVIDIA CUDA repository package.
  • How to install the CUDA repository package on Fedora 28.
  • How to select and install a CUDA meta package on Fedora 28.
  • How to export system path to the Nvidia CUDA binary executables.
  • How to confirm and test your CUDA installation.

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Enable Amarok MP3 support on Fedora Linux

By default a Fedora Linux does not support playing MP3 files. The same must then apply also for an Amarok music player. To enable MP3 support a user needs to install non-free codec. First add rmpfusion repositories:

NOTE: the command below will enable both free and non-free rmpfusion repositories

$ su -c 'yum localinstall --nogpgcheck \
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm \
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm'

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Spotify running on Fedora 25

How to Install Spotify On Fedora Linux

Objective

Install the official Spotify Linux client on Fedora.

Distributions

This was tested with Fedora 25, but it may work with slightly newer or older versions of Fedora.

Requirements

A working install of Fedora with root access.

Difficulty

Easy

Conventions

  • # – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command
  • $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

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