Fedora 41 : Minimal gnome install and nemo additionals packages.

I reinstall the Fedora, somehow was crashed with a bad systemd error:

uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 6.11.5-300.fc41.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Oct 22 20:11:15 UTC 2024 x86_64 GNU/Linux

If you install nemo with minimal gnome features then you need to install fedora packages, like this one:

root@localhost:/home/mythcat# dnf5 install nemo-image-converter

Fedora 42 : Can be better? part 020.

I wrote in some posts about this blog about the possibility of improving the distribution of Linux Fedora.

Today I discovered that choosing GNOME is a better option with lighting modes and options for the Nemo file manager actions.

I would have wanted to have a better network system similar to portmanager with S.P.N. for fedora users and team on web.

SPN (Secure Peer Name) is a technology related to secure communication protocols, particularly in the context of peer-to-peer networks and distributed systems.

I want to have more tools and applications on tty with GUI, like ncurses... I created an radio online application with ncurses and you can find it on my pagure.

The main goal of these type of graphic user interface is simplicity, no need hardware resources - this HP Compaq 6710b has only 4Gb RAM, and cand be used with Single Board Computer.

I think Fedora don't have a Fedora Spin for Single Board Computer hardware.

Let's start with python 3 action on nemo file manager.

Go to the action folder and create an action file named: python3.nemo_action.

[root@fedora mythcat]# cd /usr/share/nemo/actions
[root@fedora actions]# nano python3.nemo_action

Add this source code :

[Nemo Action]
Name=Execute Python Script
Icon-Name=python
Exec=env /usr/bin/python3 %F
Selection=S
Name[tr]=Python script         
Extensions=py;

Reopen the Nemo file manager and you see an an Execute Python Script, only on the python script on right click menu.

Let's see some screenshots:

Fedora 42 : ... testing Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE).

Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE) is a utility that creates a database of files on the system, and then uses that database to ensure file integrity and detect system intrusions.. See more on the official fedora documentation webpage.

NOTE : The documentation and translations on the official page are in progress due to ongoing development and resource management ...

I used the DNF tool to install:

[mythcat@fedora ~]$ sudo dnf install aide
... aide      x86_64      0.18.6-5.fc41        rawhide      

Make sure the AIDE database file exists and is accessible:

[mythcat@fedora ~]$ sudo ls -l /var/lib/aide/aide.db.gz

Ensure that the user running AIDE has the necessary permissions:

[mythcat@fedora ~]$ sudo ls -l /var/lib/aide/

Check the AIDE configuration file:

[mythcat@fedora ~]$ sudo cat /etc/aide.conf | grep DBDIR

Check if the AIDE service file exists:

[mythcat@fedora ~]$ sudo ls /usr/lib/systemd/system/ | grep aide

If the service exists then check the status:

[mythcat@fedora ~]$ sudo systemctl status aide
Unit aide.service could not be found.

If the service not exist then take some time to run first time ...

[mythcat@fedora ~]$ sudo /sbin/aide --init
...
End timestamp: 2024-10-26 14:10:00 +0300 (run time: 98m 41s)

You can check each time you want ...

[mythcat@fedora ~]$ sudo /sbin/aide --check

If you want and your Fedora linux need to use this tool, then you can use it like service:

sudo nano /usr/lib/systemd/system/aide.service

Fill with the basic service source code like any unit service :

[Unit]
   Description=Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment
   After=network.target

   [Service]
   Type=simple
   ExecStart=/sbin/aide --init
   ExecStop=/sbin/aide --check
   Restart=on-failure

   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target

This is a simple tutorial about how to start with AIDE tool ...

Fedora 42 : Still in the development without some features ...

An intrusion on my vodafone network , change my layout on windows.

Even the network provider say always is not from hardware or administration vodafone network ...

I tried to wrote a post on my graphics blogger on windows os , but I got something like this:

... ld ne frm 3 cmbire 224 ...

My nicknames comes like this: mhca caafe for mythcat and catafest ...

The tab and enter keys not works, also 1234 789 and num keys ... and more keys: s, t, w, y, o.

This post is wrote on Fedora 42 and works fine , but will be more good if this distro will have all features.

Some examples :

- Selinux still works but some enforced can change the default user permissions and privileges.

- Selinux works but you can use full features like : mls.

- the TPM device from this HP Laptop cannot be used with all features on Fedora.

In conclusion, this old laptop with Fedora and GNOME environment is more than 10 times faster human operations on the range of time, than the Asus laptop with the same 4GB RAM but with a different CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-60060 @ 2.00 GHz 1.99 GHz and windows 10 pro.

Fedora 42 : Testing isoimagewriter.

Today I tested the isoimagewriter tool on Fedora 42 and works well:

[mythcat@fedora ~]$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 984 MiB, 1031798784 bytes, 2015232 sectors
Disk model: USB FLASH DRIVE 
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
[mythcat@fedora ~]$ isoimagewriter 
[mythcat@fedora ~]$ sudo file -s /dev/sdb
/dev/sdb: ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem data 'CorePure64' (bootable)
[mythcat@fedora ~]$ sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom /dev/sdb 

I used an linux iso image from CorePure64

Fedora 42 : Using dosbox to run old games in Fedora Linux distro.

You can run DOS games with the DOSBOX emulator ...

This can be install with DNF5 tool:

[root@fedora mythcat]# dnf5 install dosbox-staging.x86_64
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Package                 Arch   Version                 Repository           Size
Installing:
 dosbox-staging         x86_64 0.81.2-3.fc42           updates-testing  14.6 MiB

The next step is to run the game ...

[mythcat@fedora ~]$ ls /usr/share/dunelegacy/
 ATRE.PAK                  DUNE.PAK       locale         SETUPENG.DIP
 CREDITS.ENG               ENGLISH.PAK    maps           Setup.EXE
 Dune2.BAT                 FINALE.PAK     MENTAT.PAK     SOUND.PAK
 Dune2.EXE                 GFXHD.PAK      MERC.PAK       VOC.PAK
 Dune2.ICO                 HARK.PAK       OneTime.DAT    Waveset.DAT
 Dune2-Versions.txt        HERC.PAK       OPENSD2.PAK    XTRE.PAK
 Dune.CFG                  INTRO.PAK      Options.CFG
'Dune II Icons.icl'        INTROVOC.PAK   ORDOS.PAK
'Dune II Unit Guide.txt'   LEGACY.PAK     SCENARIO.PAK
[mythcat@fedora ~]$ dosbox /usr/share/dunelegacy/Dune2.EXE 
date       time         | 
2024-10-16 11:39:03.508 | arguments: dosbox /usr/share/dunelegacy/Dune2.EXE
2024-10-16 11:39:03.509 | Current dir: /home/mythcat
2024-10-16 11:39:03.509 | stderr verbosity: 0
2024-10-16 11:39:03.509 | -----------------------------------

Fedora 42 : Dune Legacy game .

Dune Legacy is an effort by a handful of developers to revitalize the first-ever real-time strategy game.

It tries to be as similar as possible to the original gameplay but to integrate user interface features most modern realtime-strategy games have like selecting multiple units

I download this game from the official website, and I install with DNF5 tool:

[root@fedora Downloads]# dnf5 install dunelegacy-0.96.4.x86_64.rpm
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Package                 Arch   Version                 Repository           Size
Installing:
 dunelegacy             x86_64 0.96.4-0.1              @commandline      5.8 MiB
Installing dependencies:
 SDL2_mixer             x86_64 2.8.0-2.fc41            updates-testing 345.3 KiB
 ...
 Warning: skipped PGP checks for 1 package from repository: @commandline
Complete!

Find the orifinal Dune II on web, or try this website.

The game can be start after I unarchive the DuneII archive into DuneII then copy to /usr/share/dunelegacy ...

[mythcat@fedora DuneII]$ sudo su 
[sudo] parola pentru mythcat: 
[root@fedora DuneII]# cp *.* /usr/share/dunelegacy
[root@fedora DuneII]# exit
exit
[mythcat@fedora DuneII]$ dunelegacy 

.. and works well :