Fedora 33 : First steps with manim.

Manim is an engine for precise programmatic animations, designed for creating explanatory math videos like 3Blue1Brown. 

The documentation can be found on this webpage. 

First, install with the DNF tool all packages:

[root@desk manim_Projects]# dnf install cairo-devel pango-devel ffmpeg python3-devel 
texlive-scheme-medium texlive-standalone.noarch texlive-collection-latexextra.noarch

Last metadata expiration check: 2:19:22 ago on Tue 13 Apr 2021 08:20:03 PM EEST.
Package cairo-devel-1.16.0-9.fc33.x86_64 is already installed.
Package pango-devel-1.48.4-1.fc33.x86_64 is already installed.
Package ffmpeg-4.3.2-2.fc33.x86_64 is already installed.
Package python3-devel-3.9.2-1.fc33.x86_64 is already installed.
Package texlive-scheme-medium-9:svn54074-35.fc33.noarch is already installed.
Package texlive-standalone-9:svn47136-35.fc33.noarch is already installed.
Package texlive-collection-latexextra-9:svn54851-35.fc33.noarch is already installed.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!

Use pip tool to install manim and manimlib.

[mythcat@desk manim_Projects]$ pip install manim
...
[mythcat@desk manim_Projects]$ pip install manimlib
...

You can use --user option argument. A default example from the doc area can be a good test.

from manim import * 

config.background_color = DARK_GRAY
class MovingFrame(Scene):
     def construct(self):
        # Write equations
        equation = MathTex("2x^2-5x+2", "=", "(x-2)(2x-1)")

        # Create animation
        self.play(Write(equation))

        # Add moving frames
        framebox1 = SurroundingRectangle(equation[0], buff=.1)
        framebox2 = SurroundingRectangle(equation[2], buff=.1)

        # Create animations
        self.play(Create(framebox1))  # creating the frame

        self.wait()
        # replace frame 1 with frame 2
        self.play(ReplacementTransform(framebox1, framebox2))
    
        self.wait()

I run it well:

[mythcat@desk manim_Projects]$ /home/mythcat/.local/bin/manim -pl -ql -i follow_me_textxt.py 

This is the result:

Fedora 34 : Testing the new Fedora 34 beta.

Approaching the release date for Fedora Linux 34, the development team has included a number of testing steps.

For each test stage, some events were set up in which users participate and test the new Fedora distribution. Here are these see events.

Here is a screenshot with the virtualization test step for the ISO file called Fedora 34: x86_64 DVD ISO Beta! from the official page:

Fedora 33 : Use hw-probe to collect hardware details .

This is a project to anonymously collect hardware details of Linux-powered computers over the world and help people collaboratively debug hardware-related issues, check for Linux compatibility and find drivers. 

Probe your computer in order to participate in the project and discover your hardware in detail. Share your probes with Linux developers to debug and fix problems with your computer. 

First, install the hw-probe package with the DNF Linux tool:

[root@desk mythcat]# dnf search hw-probe
Last metadata expiration check: 0:03:35 ago on Sun 11 Apr 2021 03:10:31 PM EEST.
======================== Name Exactly Matched: hw-probe ========================
hw-probe.noarch : Check operability of computer hardware and find drivers
[root@desk mythcat]# dnf install hw-probe.noarch
Last metadata expiration check: 0:03:52 ago on Sun 11 Apr 2021 03:10:31 PM EEST.
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================
 Package             Architecture  Version                 Repository      Size
================================================================================
Installing:
 hw-probe            noarch        1.5-4.fc33              fedora          93 k
Installing dependencies:
 hdparm              x86_64        9.58-4.fc33             fedora          95 k
 hwinfo              x86_64        21.68-2.fc33            fedora          88 k
 hwinfo-libs         x86_64        21.68-2.fc33            fedora         872 k
 libx86emu           x86_64        3.1-2.fc33              fedora          69 k
 sysstat             x86_64        12.3.1-3.fc33           fedora         433 k
Installing weak dependencies:
 acpica-tools        x86_64        20200925-1.fc33         updates        960 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install  7 Packages

Total download size: 2.5 M
Installed size: 8.6 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
...

This tool can be used easy:

[root@desk mythcat]# sudo -E hw-probe -all -upload
WARNING: 'edid-decode' package is not installed
Probe for hardware ... Ok
Reading logs ... Ok
Uploaded to DB, Thank you!

Probe URL: https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=7b4c090391

You can see my hardware on the link result.

Fedora 33 : Using the mutt software with Yahoo.

Mutt is a small but very powerful text-based mail client for Unix operating systems. In this tutorial, I configure mutt with yahoo to read mail account and send mails.

[root@desk mythcat]# dnf install mutt
Last metadata expiration check: 0:04:13 ago on Sat 10 Apr 2021 09:23:41 PM EEST.
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================
 Package         Arch      Version                             Repository  Size
================================================================================
Installing:
 mutt            x86_64    5:2.0.5-1.fc33                      updates    1.9 M
Installing dependencies:
 tokyocabinet    x86_64    1.4.48-16.fc33                      fedora     506 k
 urlview         x86_64    0.9-28.20131022git08767a.fc33       fedora      31 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install  3 Packages

Total download size: 2.4 M
Installed size: 8.6 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
...
Installed:
  mutt-5:2.0.5-1.fc33.x86_64                                                    
  tokyocabinet-1.4.48-16.fc33.x86_64                                            
  urlview-0.9-28.20131022git08767a.fc33.x86_64                                  

Complete!

The mutt should be compiled with support for tls, you can see all of these with this command:

[root@desk ~]# mutt -v | grep tls
Configure options: '--build=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' '--host=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' 
...ode>

Let's create all settings for the mutt software with vi editor:

[root@desk mythcat]# vi ~/.muttrc
set imap_user = "catafest@yahoo.com"
set imap_pass = "your-generate-app-password"
set smtp_url = "smtp://catafest@yahoo.com@smtp.mail.yahoo.com:587"
set smtp_pass = "your-generate-app-password"
set from = "catafest@yahoo.com"
set realname = "Catalin George Festila"
set folder = "imaps://catafest@yahoo.com@imap.mail.yahoo.com:993"
set spoolfile = "+INBOX"
set postponed="+[Yahoo]/Drafts"
set header_cache = "~/.mutt/cache/headers"
set message_cachedir = "~/.mutt/cache/bodies"
set certificate_file = "~/.mutt/certificates"
set move = no
set sort = 'threads'
set sort_aux = 'last-date-received'
set imap_check_subscribed
set ssl_force_tls = yes
set abort_nosubject = no
set mail_check = 60
set timeout = 10
set sort = "reverse-date-received"
set signature = "~/.mutt/signature"
set copy = no
set imap_keepalive = 900

Then use this command to run it:

[root@desk ~]# mutt

See the result:

Fedora 33 : The balenaEtcher tool.

You can flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily with this balenaEtcher.

You can flash from a file, URL, or clone a drive.

I download the AppImage and I run it easily on Fedora with an ISO Linux image antiX for an old laptop.

[mythcat@desk ~]$ ./balenaEtcher-1.5.116-x64.AppImage 
ready-to-show: 1816.354ms
Checking for update
Update for version 1.5.116 is not available (latest version: 1.5.116, downgrade is disallowed).
...

Fedora 33 : Unity FPS Microgame.

Today I tested the FPS Microgame from learning area of Unity 3D with Fedora linux distro.

The project works great even my hardware is old.

This is an screenshot of the running process of the project.

Fedora 33 : Electron based terminal named Hyper.

Hyper is an Electron-based terminal built on HTML/CSS/JS.

About Electron is an open-source software framework developed and maintained by GitHub.

The original Hyper renderer was based on the DOM, and now Hyper 3 use Electron from V1 to V3 and is tested with V4.

You can install multiple plugins and themes to make your work easier.

The install process is easy, just download the RPM package and use the DNF tool to install it:

[root@desk mythcat]# dnf install Downloads/hyper-3.0.2.x86_64.rpm 
Last metadata expiration check: 0:14:49 ago on Sun 07 Mar 2021 11:22:49 AM EET.
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================
 Package        Architecture    Version             Repository             Size
================================================================================
Installing:
 hyper          x86_64          3.0.2-3440          @commandline           37 M

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install  1 Package

Total size: 37 M
Installed size: 141 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                        1/1 
  Installing       : hyper-3.0.2-3440.x86_64                                1/1 
  Running scriptlet: hyper-3.0.2-3440.x86_64                                1/1 
  Verifying        : hyper-3.0.2-3440.x86_64                                1/1 

Installed:
  hyper-3.0.2-3440.x86_64                                                       

Complete!

The Hyper terminal is installed on the LXDE main menu on the Other submenu.

You can find more information on the official webpage.

The next image is a screenshot from my Fedora 33 distro with Hyper terminal.