Tag Archives: RHEL

Opera Beta for Debian on SL 7

Posted on November 6, 2014 by ehurst

It works fine on Scientific Linux 7. Instead of holding your hand, I’ll tell you how I worked it out. Get the package from here. It’s for 64-bit only right now. Since all the current 7.x series for RHEL/CentOS/SL is … Continue reading →

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CentOS 7 Desktop: Unneeded Services

Posted on July 23, 2014 by ehurst

If you run Windows, you can find some really great advice from Black Viper about which services you need or don’t need and under what circumstances. Scroll down and check the page links he has. For quite some years his … Continue reading →

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RHEL 7RC Notes

Posted on May 9, 2014 by ehurst

I’ve installed it and got things running. The way Red Hat does things is allowing folks to work from the RC and associated repositories without requiring a subscription. What I’m trying to do is get some experience so I can … Continue reading →

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Enough CentOS

Posted on April 14, 2014 by ehurst

It drove me crazy. Yes, I am competent to make it work for most things, but some issues were just too much trouble. Keep in mind that when RHEL 6 (followed by the clones like CentOS) came out, it was … Continue reading →

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RHEL 7 Beta: Initial Test Drive (Updated)

Posted on December 12, 2013 by ehurst

(Note: This is not about server use, but desktop use and building custom packages for such use.) The long-awaited beta for RHEL 7 has arrived. You’ll have to wade through some stuff to get an account so you can apply … Continue reading →

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