Steam running on Fedora 25

Installing Steam on Fedora 25 Linux

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Introduction

Steam is easily the most popular PC gaming client, and with hundreds of titles available for Linux, it’s not wonder why Linux gamers would want to install and use it. This is easier on some distributions than others, especially considering that Valve, the company behind Steam, officially targets Ubuntu and Debian.

Fedora users won’t find Steam anywhere in the official Fedora repositories. This is mostly because of Fedora’s strict free software policies. It is available through a reliable third-party repository, though, and it runs great when you get it set up.

Before You Install

Steam for Linux is 32bit only. That may feel like a hassle, but it really isn’t. The only thing that you have to make sure of is that the 32bit version of your graphics driver is installed on your system.

If you are using any of the open source drivers, chances are, 32bit support is already installed and working. If you want to reinstall to be sure run whichever of the following fits your graphics card.

Intel

$ su -c 'dnf -y install xorg-x11-drv-intel mesa-libGL.i686 mesa-dri-drivers.i686'

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How to install Popcorn Time movie player on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus Linux

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Objective

Popcorn Time streams movies and TV shows from torrents directly into your screen. The objective is to install Popcorn Time movie streamer on Ubuntu 16.04 Linux.

Requirements

Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.

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

Instructions

Download Popcorn Time binaries

In this step we will download and extract Popcorn Time binaries into /opt/popcorn-time directory:

$ sudo mkdir /opt/popcorn-time
FOR 32-BIT SYSTEM EXECUTE:
$ sudo wget -qO- https://get.popcorntime.sh/build/Popcorn-Time-0.3.10-Linux-32.tar.xz | sudo tar Jx -C /opt/popcorn-time
FOR 64-BIT SYSTEM EXECUTE:
$ sudo wget -qO- https://get.popcorntime.sh/build/Popcorn-Time-0.3.10-Linux-64.tar.xz | sudo tar Jx -C /opt/popcorn-time

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Steam running on Debian Stretch

How to install Steam client on Debian 9 Stretch Linux

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Introduction

Steam is easily the most popular PC gaming client available today. Installing it on Debian Stretch is very easy, especially considering Debian is the basis for Valve’s SteamOS. Steam is available in Stretch’s repositories, but there are a couple of steps that you need to take in order to ensure that it works right.

Before you do anything, make sure that you have your graphics drivers installed and up-to-date. It is also important that you have 32-bit support enabled. The Steam client for Linux only supports 32-bit, so it won’t work at all if you don’t.

Enable The Repos

Steam is proprietary, and the games it manages are too. As a result, you need to enable Debian’s non-free repository. To do so, open up /etc/apt/sources.list as root using your text editor of choice. At the end of the lines for the official Debian repositories add contrib non-free after main.

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Unzip and stall Android Installer

How to Install Android Studio on Debian 9 Stretch Linux

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Objective

The objective is to install Android Studio on Debian 9 Stretch Linux.

Operating System and Software Versions

  • Operating System: – Debian 9 Stretch
  • Software: – Android Studio 2.3.2

Requirements

Privileged access to your Debian 9 Stretch system may be required to install prerequisites.

Difficulty

EASY

Conventions

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How to configure NFS on Debian 9 Stretch Linux

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Objective

The objective is to configure basic client/server NFS configuration on Debian 9 Stretch Linux

Operating System and Software Versions

  • Operating System: – Debian 9 Stretch

Requirements

Privileged access to your Debian Linux installation.

Difficulty

EASY

Conventions

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Polybar Default Configuration

Polybar: A Better WM Panel for your Linux system

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Objective

Install and configure Polybar.

Distributions

Polybar isn’t packaged for many distributions, but you can compile it from source on any of them.

Requirements

A working Linux install with root privileges.

Difficulty

Medium

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

Introduction

If you’ve been using a window manager(tiling or otherwise), or you’re thinking about it, you’ve probably looked into different options for menu bars. Most window managers either don’t come with one, or they’re packaged with something that’s not all that useful. Polybar is an excellent answer.

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MTU Settings on a DD-WRT Router

How To Enable Jumbo Frames In Linux

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Objective

Configure Linux to use jumbo frames.

Distributions

This will work with any Linux distribution.

Requirements

A working Linux install with network connectivity and root privileges.

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

Introduction

Are file transfers slow on your network? Are you constantly passing data between your computers? Well, maybe jumbo frames are for you.

Jumbo frames are larger than standard network packet payloads. Normally the payload size or MTU(Maximum Transfer Unit) is set to 1500 bytes. Jumbo frames can support to 9000 bytes per packet.

Jumbo frames decrease the overhead associated with transferring files by limiting the number of packets that your networking equipment needs to process.

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How to schedule tasks using at command on Linux

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Learning how schedule and manage tasks using the at program

Requirements

  • Root permissions to start the atd daemon
  • Having the at program installed

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

Introduction

During the administration of a system, being able to schedule a task for a later execution it’s one crucial ability: to perform a backup of a database for example, or perhaps to run a maintenance script. Less known than cron or anacron, the at program let us do this in a pretty easy way: in this tutorial we will learn how to use it and how it is different from the programs mentioned above.

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Install Drupal Ubuntu 18.04 - Select Language

Install Drupal on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

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Objective

The objective is to install Drupal on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

Operating System and Software Versions

  • Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
  • Software: – Drupal 8.4.5 or higher

Requirements

Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.

Difficulty

EASY

Conventions

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Install Redis on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

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Objective

The objective is to Install Redis server or client on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver

Operating System and Software Versions

  • Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
  • Software: – Redis 4.0.8 or higher

Requirements

Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.

Difficulty

EASY

Conventions

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Ubuntu Lutris Start Overwatch Install

Install And Play Overwatch With Lutris On Ubuntu 18.04

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Objective

Install and play Overwatch on Ubuntu 18.04

Distributions

This guide is tailored toward Ubuntu 18.04 but can be applied to other similar distributions.

Requirements

A working install of Ubuntu 18.04 with root privileges and a graphics card running the latest drivers.

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
  • $ – given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

Introduction

Overwatch is one of the most popular PC games right now. It has a thriving esports scene and a community of millions playing it regularly worldwide. Unfortunately, it’s also completely unsupported on Linux and likely never will be.

That doesn’t mean that you can’t play Overwatch on Linux, though. It’s actually easy to get Overwatch running on Ubuntu with Lutris and Wine.

Before you start, make sure that you have the latest available drivers for your graphics card installed.

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Enable Source package repository on Ubuntu 18.04

How to install ImageMagick 7 on Ubuntu 18.04 Linux

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Objective

The objective is to install ImageMagick 7 on Ubuntu 18.04 Linux.

Operating System and Software Versions

  • Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
  • Software: – ImageMagick 7.0.7-38 or higher

Requirements

Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.

Difficulty

EASY

Conventions

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