How to check hard disk size on Linux

   The step by step example below show how to check hard disk size on Linux system using command.  There is may command that you can use on Linux system to check the hard disk size, and this article only show 3 example of linux command (df command, fdisk command and hdparm command) that you can use to show hard disk size on your Linux system…

Check Hard disk size using df command.  

View Linux log file on Linux Fedora with gnome-system-log

   The gnome-system-log is one of useful application that can be use to view Linux log file and monitor activity on your Linux Fedora system.  To view log file using the System Log Viewer you need to install the gnome-system-log and open the gnome-system-log on your graphical desktop by click on Applications menubar -> System Tools -> and click on Log File Viewer…

The step by step gnome-system-log installation on Fedora 12.  

How to Check and List Available Shell on Linux System.

   This step by step command example below show how to check and list available shell on your Linux system.  The example below use chsh command to list available shell and then we use cat command to display the /etc/shells configuration file content that store the information about list of Linux shell available on our Linux system.

List available shell.

How to disable NetworkManager on Linux Fedora 11.

   This step by step example show how to disable NetworkManager on Linux Fedora 11 operating system.  The default configuration of Fedora 11 make sure that every time you restart or reboot Fedora 11 machine, the Network Manager automatically start.  The step by step example below show you on how to disable NetworkManager and disable NetworkManager automatically start every times when your Linux Fedora 11 rebooted.

Disable NetworkManager by stop service.

Step by step how to install flash player on Fedora 10.

   When using Firefox web browser on Fedora to open the site that require flash player to load or to play an video as an example on youtube.com site... you might get error that say something like JavaScript turn off or an old version of Adobe's Flash player.... this might be that you don't have the adobe flash player install on your Fedora system.  Fedora does not include adobe flash player plugin for several reason... but the step by step below show the example how to install flash player on Fedora 10 manually.

Open X Terminal on Fedora 11

Change Linux Fedora Virtual Terminal and Graphical Desktop

   How change from one virtual terminal to other virtual terminal or to change back to graphical desktop?  The Linux as we know provide multiuser and multitasking operating system that can enable us to work on or using the system with more than one user and execute more than one task or using more then one application in same time... the example below show how you can change to different Linux virtual terminal and change back to your Linux graphical desktop. 

Update Fedora Sever Using yum Command.

Extract Open tar.gz Compress File.

   The command example below show how to use tar command to open or extract compress tar.gz file.  This tar command to extract tar.gz file is don e on Fedora 10 system to extract the areca-7.1.5-linux-gtk-32.tar.gz file, make sure that the tar.gz fle that you need to extract in current directory and please remember to change the tar.gz filename base on your needs :-)

1.  Verify that tar.gz file inside current directory by using ls command.

Enable Disable Yum Repo List Fedora 11.