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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Trouble with fedora (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I installed fedora kde earlier today, hated kde, couldn't uninstall it, so reinstalled with workstation. My hostname was originally computer, but I changed it, but now I still see user@computer ~ whenever I go into a terminal? is this a problem. Gnome terminal also looks weird

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

What are the contents of /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts? Also don't forget to reboot after changing the hostname!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Gnome terminal looks weird, or old, because it uses a different UI library to the other Gnome apps.

The new looking ones use GTK4/Libadwaita, wheras Gnome terminal uses GTK3. There is porting work being done, but for the time being you can use another terminal which is Libadwaita such as Blackbox or use this theme which makes GTK3 look like GTK4.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I'm used to Ubuntu which has a custom theme for terminal

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

If you're just referring to the color scheme, you can adjust that to your liking in the preferences section of menu in the top right of Gnome Terminal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

There's a new GTK4/Libadwaita terminal called Console, but Fedora didn't include it, preferring to update the old terminal eventually.

If you just need a basic terminal there's Console, if you need something a bit more tweakable there's Blackbox

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

try: hostnamectl --help

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Update: so I'm updating on a kernel 6.5.6 backup which still works, and I see this when I run dnf upgrade

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So I take it I probably shouldn't update

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Never mind I can see it's installing the newer kernel